Acute sinusitis

G Worrall - Canadian Family Physician, 2011 - cfp.ca
Acute sinusitis is a classic primary care diagnosis, usually made based on history and
examination alone. This is because investigations, whether simple (transillumination, plain …

A practical guide for the diagnosis and treatment of acute sinusitis

DE Low, M Desrosiers… - Canadian Medical …, 1997 - search.proquest.com
To develop guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute sinusitis. Diagnostic
clinical criteria and imaging techniques, the role of antimicrobial therapy and duration of …

Use of symptoms, signs, and blood tests to diagnose acute sinus infections in primary care: comparison with computed tomography.

M Lindbæk, P Hjortdahl, UL Johnsen - Family medicine, 1996 - europepmc.org
Objectives This study evaluated different symptoms, signs, and blood tests in the diagnostic
process of patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute sinusitis. Methods A total of 201 primary …

Acute bacterial sinusitis in adults: management in the primary care setting.

M Desrosiers, S Frenkiel, QA Hamid… - Journal of …, 2002 - search.ebscohost.com
Sinus disease is inherently associated with viral upper respiratory tract infections and occurs
in 90% of individuals with the common cold. Acute bacterial sinusitis occurs in 0.5 to 2% of …

Acute vs. chronic sinusitis: etiology, management, and outcomes

DW Kennedy, ER Thaler - Infectious diseases in clinical practice, 1997 - journals.lww.com
SINUSITIS IS ONE OF THE pyst connon health cynn-plaints in the United States [1]. More
than 30 million Americans suffer from this condition each year, accounting for some 25 …

[HTML][HTML] Acute sinusitis: a cost-effective approach to diagnosis and treatment

LJ Fagnan - American Family Physician, 1998 - aafp.org
Acute bacterial sinusitis, which is diagnosed by assessing the patient's history, often will
respond to shorter courses of first-line antibiotics than have been traditionally prescribed …

Acute sinusitis in adults: difficult to diagnose, essential to treat

CG Kankam, R Sallis - Postgraduate medicine, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
PREVIEW Although commonly encountered in primary care, acute sinusitis is often
misdiagnosed because the symptoms mimic those of other common illnesses. Early …

The clinician's view of sinusitis

CT Stafford - Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Widespread underdlagnosis and inadequate treatment of acute sinusitis may be inferred
from the prevalence of chronic sinusitis in the United States. Thus the otolaryngologists's …

The clinical diagnosis of acute purulent sinusitis in general practice--a review.

M Lindbaek, P Hjortdahl - British journal of general practice, 2002 - bjgp.org
Acute sinusitis is a common illness in primary care. Studies have demonstrated the difficulty
of making the differential diagnosis of acute purulent sinusitis based on clinical evaluations …

A focus on acute sinusitis in adults: changes in disease management

MD Poole - The American journal of medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
Sinusitis is a prevalent and costly disease that affects> 14% of the population and accounts
for> $2 billion in yearly healthcare costs. It is one of the most common conditions treated by …