Clinical diagnosis of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, typical of experts

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 614-619

  Steurer, Johann ^a   Held, Ulrike ^a   Bachmann, Lucas M ^a   Holzmann, David ^a   Ott, Peter ^a   Miettinen, Olli S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial sinusitis; Diagnosis; Experts; Probability function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE PAIN; FEVER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOSE MUCUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHINOSINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349110836     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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