Efficacy of isotonic nasal wash (seawater) in the treatment and prevention of rhinitis in children

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Šlapak, Ivo ^a   Skoupá, Jana ^b,e   Strnad, Petr ^d   Horník, Pavel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b Pharma Projects sro   (Czech Republic)

^c Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology Ambulatory Care Center   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^e NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SECRETION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RHINITIS; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WINTER;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549135151     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2007.19     Document Type: Article

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