Review of current guidelines related to the diagnosis and treatment of rhinosinusitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Pearlman, Aaron N ^a   Conley, David B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Paranasal sinuses; Rhinosinusitis; Viral rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SKIN TEST; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 43549127138     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282fdcc9a     Document Type: Review

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