Evidence-based recommendations regarding the differential diagnosis and assessment of nasal congestion: Using the new GRADE system

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 820-833

  Van Spronsen, E ^a   Ingels, K J A O ^b   Jansen, A H ^b   Graamans, K ^b   Fokkens, W J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway; Diagnosis; Evidence based medicine; Nasal obstruction; Nose; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY TEST; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCUS SECRETION; NOSE CONGESTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOMETRY; X RAY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUCUS; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL PROVOCATION TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHINITIS; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45149103336     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01729.x     Document Type: Review

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