TY  - JOUR
T1  - ACute rhinosinusitis treatment
AU  - DeMuri G, Wald ER
Y1  - 2012/06/13
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.4391
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2368
EP  - 2370
VL  - 307
IS  - 22
N2  - 
First, the criteria used in diagnosing sinusitis, although promulgated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may be overly broad. Participants were diagnosed with sinusitis if they had maxillary pain or tenderness in the face or teeth, purulent nasal discharge, and rhinosinusitis symptoms lasting 7 days or more. It has been shown that the mean duration of an uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection in young children is 6.6 to 8.9 days.2 Including patients who have symptoms for less than 10 days may result in including those who have an uncomplicated viral illness and are thus not likely to respond to antimicrobial agents

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.4391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4391
ER  -