Sinus headaches: Avoiding over-and mis-diagnosis

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-444

  Jones, Nick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Headache; Migraine; Sinusitis; Vascular

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PREGABALIN; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TRIPTAN DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPY; FACE PAIN; FACE SURGERY; FEVER; FRONTAL HEADACHE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDFACIAL SEGMENT PAIN; MIGRAINE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PAIN; PARANASAL SINUS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUS HEADACHE; SINUS PAIN; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOM; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASODILATATION; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; NOSE DISEASES;

EID: 66249129713     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.09.8     Document Type: Review

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