Proposed clinical decision rules to diagnose acute rhinosinusitis among adults in primary care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 347-354

  Ebell, Mark H ^a   Hansen, Jens Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical decision rule; Point score; Primary care; Respiratory tract infections; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; ROC CURVE; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023610184     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.2060     Document Type: Article

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