:: Jun-Jul 2008

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View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Controversies surrounding the categorization of fungal sinusitis. (Med Mycol. 2008)

Clinical practice guideline: adult sinusitis. (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007)

NGC - Acute rhinosinusitis in adults. (2005)

NGC - Acute sinusitis in adults. (2004)

NGC - Clinical practice guideline: management of sinusitis. (2001)

NGC - Evidence based clinical practice guideline for children with acute bacterial sinusitis in children 1 to 18 years of age. (2001)

NGC - Principles of appropriate antibiotic use for acute sinusitis in adults. (2001)

NGC - Rhinitis (2003)

NGC - Symptom severity assessment of allergic rhinitis: part 1. (2003)

Review of current guidelines related to the diagnosis and treatment of rhinosinusitis. (Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008)

Featured site

NIH - Sinusitis

Rhinitis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Allergic rhinitis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Vasomotor rhinitis

Sinusitis and Rhinosinusitis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Sinusitis

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Sinusitis - chronic

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Sinusitis - chronic (images)

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Sinuses X-ray

NIH - Sinusitis Factsheets

NIH - Sinusitis Resources

Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership

Allergies

Asthma

Allergies

Diagnosis of allergy syndromes: do symptoms always mean allergy? (Allergy. 2005) "Allergic disease has become a major burden in westernized societies because of a recent rise in its prevalence. Approximately one-third of children suffer from an allergic disease, with the prevalence varying from 15 to 20% for atopic dermatitis, 7 to 10% for asthma and 15 to 20% for allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis."

Asthma

Unawareness and undertreatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis in a general population. (Respir Med. 2005) "CONCLUSIONS: In this population a large proportion of patients were unaware of having asthma or rhinitis. The pharmaceutical treatment and management practice were inadequate."