Nasal saline irrigations for the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Harvey, Richard J ^a   Hannan, Saiful Alam ^b   Badia, Lydia ^b   Scadding, Glenis ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; NASAL LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; LAVAGE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHINITIS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SINUSITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84964414586     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006394.pub3     Document Type: Review

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