Management of Bell palsy: clinical practice guideline

John R de Almeida; Gordon H Guyatt; Sachin Sud; Joanne Dorion; Michael D Hill; Michael R Kolber; Jane Lea; Sylvia Loong Reg; Balvinder K Somogyi; Brian D Westerberg; Chris White; Joseph M Chen; Bell Palsy Working Group, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery and Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

doi:10.1503/cmaj.131801

Management of Bell palsy: clinical practice guideline

CMAJ. 2014 Sep 2;186(12):917-22. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.131801. Epub 2014 Jun 16.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (de Almeida), Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Guyatt), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Institute for Better Health and Division of Critical Care (Sud), Department of Medicine, Trillium Health Partners, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ont.; Facial Rehabilitation (Dorion) and Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Chen), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Hill), and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine (White), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Kolber), University of Alberta, Peace River, Alta.; Department of Surgery (Lea, Westerberg), Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; St. Paul's Rotary Hearing Clinic (Lea, Westerberg), Vancouver, BC; Back in Action Physiotherapy (Loong), Markham, Ont.; patient with Bell palsy (Somogyi), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto (Chen), Toronto, Ont. john.dealmeida@utoronto.ca.
² Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (de Almeida), Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Guyatt), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Institute for Better Health and Division of Critical Care (Sud), Department of Medicine, Trillium Health Partners, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ont.; Facial Rehabilitation (Dorion) and Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Chen), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Hill), and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine (White), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Kolber), University of Alberta, Peace River, Alta.; Department of Surgery (Lea, Westerberg), Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; St. Paul's Rotary Hearing Clinic (Lea, Westerberg), Vancouver, BC; Back in Action Physiotherapy (Loong), Markham, Ont.; patient with Bell palsy (Somogyi), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto (Chen), Toronto, Ont.

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Bell Palsy / diagnosis
Bell Palsy / etiology
Bell Palsy / therapy*
Combined Modality Therapy
Humans
Physical Therapy Modalities
Referral and Consultation

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antiviral Agents