1.What is the evidence for the efficacy of various antibiotics in children with a diagnosis of acute sinusitis? 2.What is the evidence for the efficacy of various ancillary regimens that do not include antibiotics in the treatment of children with acute sinusitis? 3.What is the diagnostic accuracy and concordance of clinical symptoms, radiography and other imaging methods, and aspiration for th...

Optical recording technique overtakes neural recording technique for simplicity, non-ionization, portability, non-invasiveness and cost effectiveness. Many optical techniques like FMRI, DOT, SPR, ERP and PPG are in use now-a-days. Among them, Near Infrared Spectroscopy become popular because of its high temporal resolution and reasonable spatial resolution. Keeping this in mind, NIRS can be use...

is diagnosed based on physical examination findings and symptoms,datanotcapturedinNAMCS/NHAMCS,wewere unable to determine which patients had acute bacterial sinusitis as strictly defined based on the criteria suggested by recent clinical guidelines. We were also not able to determine ifpatients receivingantibiotic treatmenthadrecurrent sinusitis or had previously experienced treatment failurewi...

Introduction: The study was conducted to asses if septoplasty is adequate for the management of chronic maxillary sinusitis. Chronic maxillary sinusitis is not uncommonly associated with deviated nasal septum (DNS). The randomized study was conducted on 40 cases of medically unmanageable and HRCT proven chronic maxillary sinusitis with DNS. Materials and methods: The study was conducted in 40 c...

background: nosocomial rhino sinusitis causes major problems in all intensive care units (icus). objective: to describe incidence, epidemiologic, clinical manifestations, and microbiologic findings in icus admitted cases with nosocomial sinusitis. materials and methods: a prospective, cross sectional study done in pediatric & adult icus in rasoul akram hospital; tehran iran (2007-2008). para-na...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare post-operative (post-op) visits for sinusitis between adenoidectomy and non-adenoidectomy participants (control). METHODS Using the national cohort study from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, we used 1:4 matching to select 2,593 adenoidectomy participants and 10,372 control participants. Post-op visits for sinusit...

Sphenoid sinusitis is an uncommon infection that accounts for approximately 3% of all cases of acute sinusitis. It is usually accompanied by pansinusitis; less commonly it occurs alone. We are presenting a case of a 30 year old young male patient who presented with three weeks history of headache, along with blurry vision and diplopia. Neurological examination showed evidence of bilateral sixth...

Rhinolithiasis is a rare condition in routine otolaryngologic practice and may cause chronic sinusitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is frequently found microorganism in chronic sinusitis. Although pseudomonas infections are not uncommon in chronic sinusitis, no report of co-existance of the trinity of rhinolithiasis, nasal pseudomonas infection and diabetes mellitus was found in the literature. This...

BACKGROUND Chronic sinusitis is one of the most common chronic diseases involving different age groups. Because the nature and etiology of chronic sinusitis are not completely known, there is not any standard treatment for this disease. It has been suggested that low-level laser can be used in treating chronic sinusitis but there are limited studies about its usage. In this research, intra-oral...

This clinical practice guideline formulates recommendations for health care providers regarding the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of children, ages 1 to 21 years, with uncomplicated acute, subacute, and recurrent acute bacterial sinusitis. It was developed through a comprehensive search and analysis of the medical literature. Expert consensus opinion was used to enhance or formulate reco...