Long-term follow-up of chronic therapy resistant purulent rhinitis in children.
Forty children diagnosed as having chronic purulent rhinitis unresponsive to medical and surgical management were studied. After a mean follow-up of six years and nine months the condition resolved spontaneously in 95% of the children, usually after reaching the age of 7 years.
Otten
F W
FW
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
Van Aarem
A
A
Grote
J J
JJ
D000367:Age Factors; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D010919:Placebos; D011379:Prognosis; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D013492:Suppuration; D013997:Time Factors
D010919:Placebos; D000658:Amoxicillin