Lauren DeAlleaume, MD

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Do OTC remedies relieve cough in acute URIs?

Author:: Lauren DeAlleaume, MD

Publish date: October 1, 2009

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: SOME DO. DEXTROMETHORPHAN (DM) for adults and honey for children provide some relief. DM may modestly decrease cough in adul...

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When are empiric antibiotics appropriate for urinary tract infection symptoms?

Author:: Lauren DeAlleaume, MD

Publish date: April 1, 2006

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Healthy, nonpregnant women presenting with the triad of frequency, dysuria, and no vaginal symptoms have about a 96% chance ...

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What findings distinguish acute bacterial sinusitis?

Author:: Lauren DeAlleaume, MD

Publish date: July 1, 2003

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: No combination of clinical findings can reliably distinguish acute viral rhinosinusitis from acute bacterial rhinosinusitis ...