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Comparison of different endoscopic scoring systems in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis: reliability, validity, responsiveness and correlation
Author(s) -
L Zhang,
L H Zhang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin17.109
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic rhinosinusitis , scoring system , reliability (semiconductor) , nasal polyps , endoscopic sinus surgery , correlation , discriminant validity , surgery , physical therapy , internal consistency , patient satisfaction , power (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Previous studies have proposed various endoscopic scoring systems to assess disease severity of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). However, those assessments have not been validated. This study was designed to assess the Modified Lund - Kennedy (MLK) and the discharge, inflammation, and polyps/oedema (DIP) endoscopic scoring systems in patients with CRS.

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