No evidence for distinguishing bacterial from viral acute rhinosinusitis using symptom duration and purulent rhinorrhea: A systematic review of the evidence base

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 533-537

  Van Den Broek, Medard F M ^a   Gudden, Corien ^a   Kluijfhout, Wouter P ^a   Stam Slob, Manon C ^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; nasal discharge; purulent rhinorrhea; symptom duration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ANOSMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACE PAIN; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PURULENT RHINORRHEA; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SELECTION BIAS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STUDY DESIGN; SUPPURATION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM DURATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH PAIN;

ACUTE BACTERIAL RHINOSINUSITIS; ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ACUTE VIRAL RHINOSINUSITIS; DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; NASAL DISCHARGE; PURULENT RHINORRHEA; SYMPTOM DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; SUPPURATION; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84899125399     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814522595     Document Type: Review

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