TY  - JOUR
T1  - ACute rhinosinusitis treatment
AU  - Sun C, Hsu H, Hung S
Y1  - 2012/06/13
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.4389
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2368
EP  - 2368
VL  - 307
IS  - 22
N2  - 
First, the authors state that the inclusion criteria were based on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's expert panel diagnostic criteria for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.2 The criterion “rhinosinusitis symptoms lasting for less than 7 days that had significantly worsened after initial improvement” was independently considered. However, in the original study by Lindbaek et al,3 this symptom was considered in combination with others to give a specificity of only 0.81 and a sensitivity of 0.66. Thus, selection bias may have occurred, with the enrollment of too many patients with less severe rhinosinusitis.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.4389
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4389
ER  -