A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of postoperative oral steroid in allergic fungal sinusitis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-238

  Rupa, V ^a   Jacob, Mary ^a   Mathews, Mary Somini ^a   Seshadri, Mandalam S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; Postoperative oral steroid; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; FLUTICASONE; ITRACONAZOLE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE;

ACNE; ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC FUNGAL DISEASE; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSMIA; LIPIDOSIS; MALE; MOON FACE; MYCOSIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; SNEEZING; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649090407     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1075-8     Document Type: Article

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