Pediatric rhinosinusitis and asthma

Asthma in Rhinosinusitis: A Survey from Iran

Introduction: The coexistence of asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is more common than expected given their individual prevalence in the general population and may affect patient’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of asthma in chronic rhinosinusitis in Mashhad, Northeast Iran.  Materials and Methods: This study was performed in two university hospital ...

The link between chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma

Treatments for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and asthma can affect both conditions, based on the united airway concept. This study aimed to evaluate the link between CRS and asthma, based on disease-specific quality of life measures.We performed a prospective cohort study to investigate the correlations between results from CRS- and asthma-specific questionnaires. Thirty-two patients with asthma...

Rhinosinusitis and asthma: epiphenomenon or causal association?

I t has long been recognized that diseases of upper and lower airways may coexist. Indeed, as many as 80% of patients with asthma have rhinitis,1 and up to 15% of patients with allergic rhinitis have asthma.2 Sinusitis and asthma are also frequently associated in the same patient, but doubts still remain as to whether a causal relationship exists wherein sinusitis worsens bronchial asthma, or w...

Mediators of Allergic Asthma and Rhinosinusitis

Comorbidities of pediatric asthma: A narrative review

Background: Asthma is one of the most common persistent inflammatory respiratory disorders. Comorbidities are relatively common in asthma. The aim of this review study was to find comorbid disorders in children with asthma. Methods: For the purpose of this review, we searched databases including Scopus, Google scholar, PubMed, SID, Irandoc and up-to-date. Key words for the search included chil...