Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children: What are the Treatment Options?

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 705-717

  Wu, Arthur W ^a   Shapiro, Nina L ^a   Bhattacharyya, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Antibiotics; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Pediatrics; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE PAIN; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE SURGERY; OTALGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 70350365234     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2009.07.007     Document Type: Review

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