Clinical consensus statement: Appropriate use of computed tomography for paranasal sinus disease

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 808-816

  Setzen, Gavin ^a   Ferguson, Berrylin J ^b   Han, Joseph K ^c   Rhee, John S ^d   Cornelius, Rebecca S ^e   Froum, Stuart J ^f   Gillman, Grant S ^b   Houser, Steven M ^g   Krakovitz, Paul R ^h   Monfared, Ashkan ⁱ   Palmer, James N ^j   Rosbe, Kristina W ^k   Setzen, Michael ^l   Patel, Milesh M ^m  

^a Albany ENT and Allergy Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g Metrohealth System ^*  (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l Michael Setzen Otolaryngology   (United States)

^m American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adults; Children; Computed Tomography; Consensus Statement; Paranasal Sinus Disease; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PEDIATRICS; SINONASAL TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84872026221     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812463848     Document Type: Article

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