Diagnosis and management of rhinosinusitis: A practice parameter update

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-385

  Peters, Anju T ^a   Spector, Sheldon ^a   Hsu, Joy ^a   Hamilos, Daniel L ^a   Baroody, Fuad M ^a   Chandra, Rakesh K ^a   Grammer, Leslie C ^a   Kennedy, David W ^a   Cohen, Noam A ^a   Kaliner, Michael A ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^a   Karagianis, Achilles ^a   Slavin, Raymond G ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; L SELECTIN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE; MEPOLIZUMAB; NITRIC OXIDE; NOSE SPRAY; OMALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; RESLIZUMAB; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE BACTERIAL RHINOSINUSITIS; ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ADD ON THERAPY; ALGORITHM; ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BIOINFORMATICS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CFTR GENE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNAH11 GENE; DNAH5 GENE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOMENCLATURE; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC RHINOSINUSITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT RHINOSINUSITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; STANDARD; STEROID THERAPY; SWEAT TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NOSE CAVITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; VIROLOGY;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; NASAL CAVITY; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84908375549     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.07.025     Document Type: Article

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