No evidence for distinguishing bacterial from viral acute rhinosinusitis using fever and facial/dental pain: A systematic review of the evidence base

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-33

  Hauer, Allard J ^a   Luiten, Eric L ^a   Van Erp, Nicole F ^a   Blase, Peter E ^a   Aarts, Mark C J ^a   Kaper, Nina M ^a   Van Der Heijden, Geert J M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acute bacterial rhinosinusitis; acute rhinosinusitis; acute viral rhinosinusitis; diagnosis; evidence based medicine; facial dental pain; fever

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ACUTE VIRAL RHINOSINUSITIS; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACE PAIN; FEVER; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH PAIN; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84890830892     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813510891     Document Type: Review

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