Saline irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Chong, Lee Yee ^a   Head, Karen ^a   Hopkins, Claire ^b   Philpott, Carl ^c   Glew, Simon ^d   Scadding, Glenis ^e   Burton, Martin J ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^f  

^a UK COCHRANE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; NOSE SPRAY;

CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NASAL LAVAGE; NEBULIZATION; NOSE IRRITATION; NOSE POLYP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAVAGE; META ANALYSIS; NASAL POLYPS; PROCEDURES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; NASAL POLYPS; NASAL SPRAYS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964444628     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011995.pub2     Document Type: Review

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