title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, The University of Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah-Anne
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hickner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents