ALLMedicine™ Sinusitis Center

Mar 16th, 2023 - Laboratory Studies If a pneumococcal infection is suspected or considered, Gram stain and culture of appropriate specimens should be obtained, when possible. Potential specimens may include one or more of the following: Blood Cerebrospinal fluid (...

Mar 16th, 2023 - History After successful colonization, S pneumoniae can cause a wide variety of clinical symptoms. By direct extension from the nasopharynx, S pneumoniae infection can spread and then manifest as otitis media, sinusitis, tracheobronchitis, bronchi...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Medical Care Conjunctivitis, otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, and tracheobronchitis Most patients with conjunctivitis, otitis media, sinusitis, bronchitis, and tracheobronchitis due to S pneumoniae infection can be treated on an outpatient bas...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), bact...

Mar 16th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pneumococcal infections are caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive, catalase-negative organism commonly referred to as pneumococcus. S pneumoniae is the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), bact...

May 14th, 2022 - This article presents guidelines for initial imaging utilization in patients presenting with sinonasal disease, including acute rhinosinusitis without and with suspected orbital and intracranial complications, chronic rhinosinusitis, suspected inv...

Sep 4th, 2019 - The guidance deals with the recommended applications, procedures, and safety management of nebulizer therapy for acute rhinosinusitis. In Japan, nebulizer therapy for sinusitis has been covered by public health insurance since 1958 and has been co...

Nov 6th, 2018 - Sinusitis is common in children that usually resolves spontaneously. Imaging is not part of the standard of care for initial diagnosis, however may be necessary in cases with persistent or chronic sinusitis to guide surgical intervention, or to ru...

Apr 4th, 2015 - The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation has published a supplement to this issue featuring the updated "Clinical Practice Guideline: Adult Sinusitis" as a supplement to Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. To assis...

Mar 29th, 2014 - Several guidelines for the management of respiratory tract infections in children are available in Italy, as well as in other European countries and the United States of America. However, poor adherence to guidelines and the sustained inappropriat...

Mar 8th, 2023 - BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) can be a symptom of allergic rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis, or chronic rhinosinusitis. However, it can also be a separate entity with patients displaying no other symptoms of the previou...

Mar 7th, 2023 - Investigators aim to assess the efficacy and safety of Steroid-eluting stents when implanted in sinus in patients with radiation-related sinusitis. This phase III randomized controlled study enrolled nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients who received ...

Mar 7th, 2023 - Chronic maxillary sinusitis is an inflammatory condition and/or infectious diseases of the maxillary sinus, which last longer than 12 weeks. Those whose the origin is dental, are well described, and yet under-diagnosed most of the time due to a la...

Mar 6th, 2023 - FDG-PET imaging is a promising imaging technique, which has the potential to overcome many of the shortcomings mentioned previously with regard to radiologic and scintigraphic methodologies. FDG is a diagnostic tracer utilized to measure the metab...

Feb 28th, 2023 - SMARCB1 (INI-1)-deficient sinonasal carcinoma is a rare but locally aggressive malignancy of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, representing about only 1 % of all head and neck malignancies. It is characterized by loss of INI-1 in the tumour ...

Nov 30th, 2022 - Amazon is encouraging patients to "skip the waiting room" with the launch of Amazon Clinic, a virtual health care service that aims to offer treatment for nearly 2 dozen common health conditions. Taking a step beyond a typical telehealth visit, th...

Nov 18th, 2022 - The asthma medication tezepelumab, added to subcutaneous immunotherapy treatment (SCIT), may provide better, longer-lasting symptom relief than allergy shots alone for patients with allergic rhinitis caused by cat allergens, according to results o...

Nov 15th, 2022 - Amazon launched its latest version of virtual medical care on Tuesday in 32 states. Called Amazon Clinic, the service skips phone and video calls and instead works through secure messaging between patients and providers. "Amazon Clinic is a conven...

Nov 2nd, 2022 - Culture-directed therapy (CDT) can be a reasonable alternative to empiric antibiotic treatment for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis (AECRS), according to a recent study published in the International Forum of Allergy & R...

Oct 20th, 2022 - On the basis of the patient's presentation and described history, the likely diagnosis is migraine. By adolescence, migraine is much more common among female patients and can be connected to the menstrual cycle.