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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2008

Intranasal corticosteroids in the treatment of acute rhinosinusitis.

Eli O Meltzer, Ariel Teper, Melvyn Danzig

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Herbal Formula in the Therapy of Acute Postviral Rhinosinusitis.Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2021
    Article
  2. Upper respiratory infections.Primary care · 2013
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eli O MeltzerAllergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. eomeltzer@aol.com
Ariel Teper
Melvyn Danzig
Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) is one of the most frequent diagnoses in clinical practice. Common symptoms include anterior and/or posterior nasal drainage, nasal obstruction, and facial pain, pressure, or sensation of fullness. ARS etiology is more often viral than bacterial, and infection-initiated inflammation is the primary pathophysiologic mechanism responsible for symptoms. Because ARS is usually a self-limited process, the primary goal of treatment is symptom relief, which can be more effectively achieved by targeting the underlying inflammation. Intranasal steroids (INS) have been shown to reduce components of respiratory inflammation and increase symptom relief for ARS when used alone or combined with antibiotics. Based on current evidence in support of INS therapy, the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2007 guidelines and a recent Cochrane meta-analysis recommend using INS in the treatment of ARS, both as monotherapy and as an adjunct to antibiotics.

Indexed as

Administration, IntranasalAdrenal Cortex HormonesHumansInflammationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRhinitisSinusitisAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID18417055
OpenAlexW2001836376

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Registered trials

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