title: Acute sinusitis: Finnish clinical practice guidelines.
abstract: These clinical practice guidelines aim at providing assistance mainly to primary health care physicians for the diagnosis and management of acute sinusitis. Despite the huge impact of upper respiratory infections, criteria for diagnoses are often vague, and physicians are often uncertain of their diagnoses. This is not surprising, as the sole definition of acute sinusitis is somewhat confusing, not to mention the existing discrepancies between treatments, even among specialists. The Finnish Society of Otorhinolaryngology has set up a committee to evaluate existing data on acute sinusitis and to formulate these guidelines. The committee comprised Finnish experts in adult and paediatric otorhinolaryngology, clinical microbiology, radiology, paediatrics, and epidemiology. Recommendations given are based on the principles of evidence-based medicine, with the level of evidence presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. karin.blomgren@fimnet.fi
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blomgren
authors.forename: Olli-Pekka
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Alho
authors.forename: Liisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ertama
authors.forename: Pentti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huovinen
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korppi
authors.forename: Marjukka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Penttilä
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitkäranta
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Savolainen
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Varonen
authors.forename: Jouko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suonpää
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents