1. Evaluation of Children Diagnosed with Acute Bacterial Sinusitis: Single-center Experience
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Esra Çakmak Taşkın, Halil Özdemir, Ergin Çiftçi, Dilara Beşli Çelik, Nisa Eda Çullas Ilarslanl, Emine Çiğdem Özer, Fatih Gunay, and Erdal Ince
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lcsh:R5-920 ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Internal medicine ,Current Guideline ,medicine ,Acute Bacterial Sinusitis ,Acute bacterial sinusitis ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Single Center ,business ,Children - Abstract
Objectives:Acute bacterial sinusitis (ABS) is among frequent infections in children. Its diagnosis is clinical unless a suspicion of complication exists. This study aimed to evaluate pediatricians’ clinical approaches to ABS.Materials and Methods:This retrospective study analyzed diagnosis, treatment and complication data of patients diagnosed with ABS between June 2015 and June 2018 in our pediatric primary care unit.Results:The study group consisted of 536 patients [female/male 235/301 (43.8%/56.2%)]. The median age was 6.6 (7 months-17.9 years) years. Median duration of symptoms was 7 (1-46) days. Major complaints were cough (n=379, 70.7%), nasal discharge (n=234, 43.7%) and fever (n=168, 31.3%). Among 468 patients with available data, persistent (>10 days) upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) was present in 198 (42.3%) while 8 (1.7%) had severe URTI. Worsening URTI data could not be defined because of inadequate records. Duration of symptoms was
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- 2019
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