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Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines: Management of Rhinosinusitis and Allergic Rhinitis
J K Siow1, N A Alshaikh, A Balakrishnan
1Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines Workgroup on Management of Rhinosinusitis and Allergic Rhinitis. jin_keat_siow@ttsh.com.sg
Abstract:
The Ministry of Health publishes national clinical practice guidelines to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based guidance on managing important medical conditions. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the Ministry of Health clinical practice guidelines on Management of Rhinosinusitis and Allergic Rhinitis, for the information of readers of the Singapore Medical Journal. Chapters, page and figure numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website (http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/publications.aspx?id=24046). The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
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