RT Book, Section
A1 Cohen, Joanna S.
A1 Agrawal, Dewesh
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121496555
T1 Nose and Sinus Disorders in Infants and Children
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121496555
RD 2024/04/19
AB Acute  bacterial  sinusitis  is  bacterial  infection  of  one  or  more  of  the  paranasal  sinuses  lasting  <30  days.1  The  most  common  predisposing  factor  is  a  viral  upper  respiratory  infection  (URI).  The  incidence  of  viral  URIs  in  children  age  6  months  to  35  months  is  approximately  six  episodes  per  patient-year,  with  approximately  8%  of  those  becoming  complicated  by  acute  bacterial  sinusitis.  Bacterial  sinusitis  in  children  is  most  common  in  the  12  to  23  months  age  group,  probably  because  these  children  are  most  likely  to  be  in  daycare,  predisposing  them  to  URIs.2  The  cost  of  acute  pediatric  bacterial  sinusitis  in  the  United  States  is  approximately  $20,000  per  hospitalized  patient,  and  a  large  geographic  variation  in  healthcare  utilization  exists.3  In  1996,  total  healthcare  costs  in  the  United  States  incurred  from  treating  sinusitis  in  children  <12  years  of  age  had  been  estimated  at  $1.8  billion  a  year.4