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Patients insist on antibiotics for sinusitis? Here is a good reason to say "no".

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.

Entities: Disease Species

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Anti-Bacterial Agents

Year: 2008 PMID： 18625169 PMCID： PMC3183915

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Fam Pract ISSN： 0094-3509 Impact factor: 0.493

11 in total

1. Reattendance and complications in a randomised trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat: the medicalising effect of prescribing antibiotics.

Authors: P Little; C Gould; I Williamson; G Warner; M Gantley; A L Kinmonth
Journal: BMJ Date: 1997-08-09

2. Treatment of acute and chronic rhinosinusitis in the United States, 1999-2002.

Authors: Hadley J Sharp; David Denman; Susan Puumala; Donald A Leopold
Journal: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2007-03

Review 3. Systematic review of antimicrobial therapy in patients with acute rhinosinusitis.

Authors: Richard M Rosenfeld; Michael Singer; Stacie Jones
Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2007-09 Impact factor: 3.497

4. Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: background.

Authors: J M Hickner; J G Bartlett; R E Besser; R Gonzales; J R Hoffman; M A Sande
Journal: Ann Intern Med Date: 2001-03-20 Impact factor: 25.391

5. Clinical practice guideline: adult sinusitis.

Authors: Richard M Rosenfeld; David Andes; Neil Bhattacharyya; Dickson Cheung; Steven Eisenberg; Theodore G Ganiats; Andrea Gelzer; Daniel Hamilos; Richard C Haydon; Patricia A Hudgins; Stacie Jones; Helene J Krouse; Lawrence H Lee; Martin C Mahoney; Bradley F Marple; Col John P Mitchell; Robert Nathan; Richard N Shiffman; Timothy L Smith; David L Witsell
Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2007-09 Impact factor: 3.497

Review 6. Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Authors: Jim Young; An De Sutter; Dan Merenstein; Gerrit A van Essen; Laurent Kaiser; Helena Varonen; Ian Williamson; Heiner C Bucher
Journal: Lancet Date: 2008-03-15 Impact factor: 79.321

Patients insist on antibiotics for sinusitis? Here is a good reason to say "no".

1. Reattendance and complications in a randomised trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat: the medicalising effect of prescribing antibiotics.

2. Treatment of acute and chronic rhinosinusitis in the United States, 1999-2002.

Review 3. Systematic review of antimicrobial therapy in patients with acute rhinosinusitis.

4. Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute rhinosinusitis in adults: background.

5. Clinical practice guideline: adult sinusitis.

Review 6. Antibiotics for adults with clinically diagnosed acute rhinosinusitis: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.

Review 7. Antimicrobial treatment guidelines for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.

Review 8. Do delayed prescriptions reduce antibiotic use in respiratory tract infections? A systematic review.

Review 9. Nasal saline irrigations for the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis.

10. Antibiotics and topical nasal steroid for treatment of acute maxillary sinusitis: a randomized controlled trial.

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