Efficacy and tolerability of bromelain in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis - A pilot study

B-ENT

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-225

  Buttner L ^a   Achilles, N ^a   Bohm M ^a   Shah Hosseini, K ^a   Mosges R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bromelain; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Nasal polyp; Quality of life; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; BROMELAIN POS; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PARANASAL SINUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SINONASAL OUTCOME TEST 20; TABLET; TOTAL RHINOSCOPY SCORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BROMELAINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886839920     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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