Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Integrating signs, symptoms and C-reactive protein is one way to diagnose acute rhinosinusitis and acute ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 30, 2009 — Diagnosis and management of acute sinusitis by pediatricians are reviewed in a survey study reported in the February issue of ...

Acute sinusitis is inflammation of mucosa lining of one or more paranasal sinuses. In children, most cases begin as a viral infection that extends from nasal mucosa (rhinitis) onto the mucosal lining ...

Acute rhinosinusitis is a common disease with an increasing incidence rate. It causes substantial costs to the individual and to society through healthcare consumption and absence from work. The use ...

Medscape: We welcome Dr. Michael Kaliner, Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, and Section Chief, Allergy, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC ...

Background: Patients with acute rhinosinusitis are frequently encountered in primary care. Although corticosteroids are being increasingly used for symptom control, evidence supporting their use is ...

Antibiotics are still being widely overprescribed for sinusitis, though the majority of these illnesses are caused by viruses, new research shows. Studies suggest that only about 3 percent to 5 ...

I read with interest the CMAJ article by Venekamp and colleagues,1 but I disagree with the authors’ findings that suggest systemic corticosteroid monotherapy had no clinically important benefit in ...

Few studies have investigated the impact of acute rhinosinusitis on disease-specific quality of life, and disease costs have not been studied previously in Scandinavia. 150 patients were enrolled; 143 ...

Acute sinusitis causes the cavities around your nasal passages (sinuses) to become inflamed and swollen. This interferes with drainage and causes mucus to build up. With acute sinusitis, it may be ...

You may develop nasal polyps when your nasal passages or sinuses are constantly irritated and swollen. These soft, noncancerous growths can be found in nasal passages and sinuses and form from the ...