TY - JOUR
T1 - Current approaches to diagnosis and management of rhinitis
AU - Dion, Gregory Robert
AU - Weitzel, Erik K.
AU - McMains, Kevin C.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Rhinitis affects >20% of the population and is a common reason patients visit their primary care physician. Proper therapeutic intervention initially requires differentiating rhinitis from acute and chronic rhinosinusitis. After establishing rhinitis as the etiology of a patient's symptoms, a careful, thoughtful history and physical examination aids the cause. Rhinitis can be allergic, nonallergic, or mixed (having features of both allergic and nonallergic rhinitis). Therapeutic interventions vary, depending on the etiology of rhinitis. Symptoms that are refractory to avoidance and pharmacotherapy warrant referral to an allergist or otolaryngologist for consideration of immunotherapy or surgical intervention. In many cases, adhering to an evidence-based therapeutic treatment algorithm will allow physicians to effectively manage rhinitis.
AB - Rhinitis affects >20% of the population and is a common reason patients visit their primary care physician. Proper therapeutic intervention initially requires differentiating rhinitis from acute and chronic rhinosinusitis. After establishing rhinitis as the etiology of a patient's symptoms, a careful, thoughtful history and physical examination aids the cause. Rhinitis can be allergic, nonallergic, or mixed (having features of both allergic and nonallergic rhinitis). Therapeutic interventions vary, depending on the etiology of rhinitis. Symptoms that are refractory to avoidance and pharmacotherapy warrant referral to an allergist or otolaryngologist for consideration of immunotherapy or surgical intervention. In many cases, adhering to an evidence-based therapeutic treatment algorithm will allow physicians to effectively manage rhinitis.
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U2 - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182a5f0f6
DO - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182a5f0f6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24002559
AN - SCOPUS:84883779016
VL - 106
SP - 526
EP - 531
JO - Southern Medical Journal
JF - Southern Medical Journal
SN - 0038-4348
IS - 9
ER -