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Volume 4 Issue 3 (May - June, 2016)

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Assessment of common signs and symptoms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis visiting hospital- A retrospective study
Manoj Kumar

Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the sinonasal mucosa and is clinically associated with sinus pressure, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and a decreased sense of smell persisting for greater than 12 weeks. Aim of the study: To retrospectively assess common signs and symptoms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis visiting hospital. Materials and methods: Medical records of 100 patients with confirmed diagnosis of chronic rhinositis were reviewed. The information about age, sex, presenting signs and symptoms, duration of symptoms, comorbidities, , medical and family history, presence of tobacco smoke or day care exposure, results of immunologic testing, computed tomography (CT) scan results, concurrent surgical procedures performed, maxillary sinus culture and sensitivity results, postoperative antibiotic treatment regimen and duration, whether resolution was achieved, surgical and antibiotic-related complications, and compliance with follow-up and therapy. Results: Results showed that shows the frequency of patients with various past medical histories. We observed that 59 patients had history of anemia, 41 patients had history of reactive airway disease, 34 patients had the history of middle ear disease, 19 had history of eczema, 19 had history of tobacco exposure and 32 patients had family history of asthma. Conclusion: Rhinorrhea is the most common symptom experienced by patients with chronic rhinosinusitis and the most common past medical history of the patients was reactive airway disease. Key words: Rhinosinusitis, sinus, nasal mucosa inflammation. Corresponding author: Dr. Manoj Kumar, Assistant professor, Department of ENT, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Safedabad, Barabanki UP, India This article may be cited as: Kumar M. Assessment of common signs and symptoms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis visiting hospital: A retrospective study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(3):154-157.

 
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