Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acute sinusitis is inflammation of mucosa lining of one or more paranasal sinuses. In children, most cases begin ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have had ongoing nasal congestion and mucus for the past several months. I thought it was allergies, but my doctor says I likely have acute sinusitis brought on by allergic ...
Use of antibiotics for acute sinusitis in children reduces treatment failures, a meta-analysis showed, but the results may also support initial observation given the natural history of the condition, ...
Many of these symptoms overlap with other conditions that aren’t related to your sinuses. These unrelated conditions include migraines, jaw grinding, or nerve problems. That’s why it’s important to ...
Testing children with acute sinusitis symptoms for specific bacteria may dramatically decrease unnecessary antibiotic use, new research suggests. If antibiotic use was limited to children with H ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of antibiotic prescriptions for sinusitis follow guidelines, but nearly one-third do not. People ...
The authors note that randomized trials for treatment of sinusitis are relatively scarce. A previous trial by one of the authors enrolled children 2-16 years of age with sinusitis confirmed by x-rays, ...
In treating outpatient acute rhinosinusitis, how frequently do otolaryngologists vs other clinicians prescribe amoxicillin-clavulanate, the first-line treatment? Amoxicillin-clavulanate is prescribed ...
You know it's not the flu because no one else is sick, and you know it's not a cold because you had that last week. So what's causing that killer headache and the feeling that your nose is locked in a ...
Objectives: To implement a large-scale multifaceted interventionconsisting of physician education, profiling, and a financialincentive, to improve treatment quality for acute sinusitis. Study Design: ...