Treatment of acute rhinosinusitis: Discrepancy between guideline recommendations and clinical practice

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 706-712

  Venekamp, Roderick P ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Verheij, Theo J M ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Sachs, Alfred P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Primary care; Upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862649165     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms022     Document Type: Article

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