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Lau J, Zucker D, Engels EA, et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US); 1999 Mar. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 9.)
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ABRS: acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
AHCPR: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
CFU: colony-forming unit
CI: confidence interval
CNS: central nervous system
CT: computerized tomography
EM: Expectation maximization
ENT: ear, nose, and throat specialist
EPC: Evidence-based Practice Center
FN: false negative
GI: gastrointestinal
GP: general practice
Gtt: drops
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
HMO: health management organization
Hx: history
ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Disease, 9th edition, clinically modified
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
NAMCS: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NEMC: New England Medical Center
NRSA: National Research Service Award
pts: patients
q-adj day: quality-adjusted day
QAO: quality-adjusted outcome
QID: 4 times per day
QOD: every other day
RR: risk ratio
Rx: antibiotic prescription
SE: antibiotic side effect
Sens: sensitivity
SMZ: sulfamethoxazole
Spec: specificity
SROC: summary receiver operating characteristic
Sx-free day: symptom-free day
TID: 3 times per day
TMP: trimethoprim
TN: true negative
TP: true positive
Tx: treatment
1/Var.: 1/Variance; provides the relative weight of the study
VAS: Visual Analog Scale
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