dc.contributor.author | Schumann, Sarah-Anne | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Hickner, John | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Ewigman, Bernard | eng |
dc.contributor.other | Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | eng |
dc.description.abstract | Stop prescribing antibiotics for adults with a clinical diagnosis of acute sinusitis, unless the patient has severe symptoms Antibiotics have little if any positive effects on the severity and duration of symptoms, and they cause adverse effects and create unnecessary expense. Stength of recommendation: A: Based on a meta-analysis of 9 randomized trials in primary care practice. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5418 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcollection | Priority Updates to Research Literature (PURLs) (2008) | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri-Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of family practice, 57, no. 07 (July 2008): 464-468. | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Sinusitis -- Treatment | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Antibiotics -- Evaluation | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Drug resistance in microorganisms | eng |
dc.subject.other | Antibiotics | eng |
dc.subject.other | Sinusitis | eng |
dc.title | Patients insist on antibiotics for sinusitis? Here is a good reason to say no | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |