Korean J Otorhinolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.
2015 Oct;58(10):667-675. 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2015.58.10.667.
Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. siamkhy@gmail.com
- KMID: 2100491
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/kjorl-hns.2015.58.10.667
Abstract
- Pediatric rhinosinusitis is a common complication of viral upper respiratory infection (URI). According to the previous clinical researches, it has been found that more than 5 percent of children who suffered from URI might be diagnosed with rhinosinusitis. Especially, it might be challenging to clinicians for managing the children with high risk such as, presenting with severe symptoms, younger than 2 years, attending daycare facilities, or who are suspected antimicrobial resistance. Recently, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric rhinosinusitis were introduced by the international societies comprising experts of otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, and infectious disease. In this review, the authors would like to focus on the diagnosis and management of pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis to update and summarize the consensus from these guidelines and recent researches.
