This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

ROBERT GEWANTER, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1940;32(4):728-743.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

There is a definitely increasing recognition of the prevalence of nasal sinusitis in children. A variety of conditions formerly undiagnosed or called nasal catarrh are now known to be nasal sinus infection. When the family physician or the pediatrician keeps in mind the possibility of nasal sinus infection, the actual diagnosis is usually not difficult.

By the proper study and treatment of the sinuses the frequency and duration of colds in children, till now always discouraging to parents and physicians alike, can be reduced.

The ensuing remarks are not meant to apply so much to the cases in which the nature of the condition is more obvious by virtue of a purulent nasal discharge or to the acute sinus infections with high temperatures, prostration or signs of purulent invasion of the orbit or meninges. In such cases the local condition usually permits of no serious diagnostic error; the patient is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y.

From the Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology of the New York University Medical College.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?