Diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis in primary care: A systematic review of test accuracy

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 650, 2016, Pages e612-e632

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   McKay, Brian ^a   Guilbault, Ryan ^a   Ermias, Yokabed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rhinosinusitis; Acute sinusitis; Clinical decision making; Clinical diagnosis; Primary care; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ESTERASE;

ACUTE RHINOSINUSITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; META ANALYSIS; NOSE SECRETION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986540319     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X686581     Document Type: Article

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