Corticosteroid use may not offer benefit for children with acute orbital cellulitis
1. Based on a database of 6,000 pediatric admissions for acute orbital cellulitis, corticosteroid use was not associated with decreased ...
Tag: Sinusitis
Steroids and opioids often inappropriately prescribed in the emergency department for pediatric pneumonia and sinusitis
1. In a study of children with pneumonia or sinusitis, opioids and corticosteroids were inappropriately prescribed more frequently in the ...
Pneumococcal vaccination linked to fewer hospitalizations for pneumonia, sinusitis
1. The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PCV7 and PCV13 resulted in a decrease in pneumonia and sinusitis hospitalizations in ...
Patient Basics: Acute Sinusitis
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Sinuses are air-filled spaces behind the bones of the upper face: between ...
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