Sinusitis

Prolonged viral upper respiratory symptoms or is it actually sinusitis in disguise? Join us as we discuss all things sinusitis in this episode!

This episode was written by Dr. Tammy Yau and Dr. Lidia Park with content support from Dr. Natasha Nakra. Drs. Tammy and Lidia take full responsibility for any errors or misinformation. 

Key Points:

• Acute bacterial sinusitis can be clinically diagnosed based on persistent respiratory symptoms lasting more than 10 days without improvement, worsening or new respiratory symptoms after initial improvement, or severe symptoms at onset lasting more than 3 days. 
• First line antibiotic treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis is with amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate
• Complications include orbital or intracranial spread of infection

Sources:

• Pediatrics in Review 2013, Demuri and Wald: https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.34-10-429 
• AAP Pediatrics 2013, Wald et al: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1071  
• Pediatrics 2024, Conway et al: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-064244