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Comment
. 2015 Mar;313(12):1258-9.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.14418.

Systemic corticosteroid therapy for acute sinusitis

Roderick P Venekamp  1 , Matthew J Thompson  2 , Maroeska M Rovers  3
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Systemic corticosteroid therapy for acute sinusitis

Roderick P Venekamp et al. JAMA. 2015 Mar.

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Abstract

Clinical question: Are oral or parenteral corticosteroids associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with acute sinusitis compared with placebo or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)?

Bottom line: Oral corticosteroids combined with antibiotics may be associated with modest benefit for short-term relief of symptoms in adults with severe symptoms of acute sinusitis compared with antibiotics alone. Oral corticosteroids as monotherapy are not associated with improved clinical outcomes in adults with clinically diagnosed acute sinusitis.

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  • Systemic corticosteroids for acute sinusitis.
    Venekamp RP, Thompson MJ, Hayward G, Heneghan CJ, Del Mar CB, Perera R, Glasziou PP, Rovers MM. Venekamp RP, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 25;2014(3):CD008115. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008115.pub3. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014. PMID: 24664368 Free PMC article.

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