Journal Reviews

Passive smoking and rhinosinusitis

1 November 2014 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Chronic rhinosinusitis, hair nicotine, passive smoke, prevalence, quantitative

One would expect that subjects exposed to more passive smoke would have a significantly increased level of rhinosinusitis. This study looked at a reasonable number of sinusitis and control subjects (404 and 165) using hair nicotine as an assessment of...

The impact of rhino-sinusitis treatment on olfaction

1 November 2014 | | Rhinology / Sinus | inflammation, olfaction disorders, quality-of-life, sinusitis, smell, therapeutics

This study included 28 adults prospectively enrolled between March 2011 and May 2013 into a non-randomised, multi-institutional cohort. Adults electing endoscopic sinus surgery experienced gains in olfaction comparable to adults electing continued medical management. The evidence in this study comparing...

Is there a cause-and-effect relationship between allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis?

1 September 2014 | | Bradford-Hill criteria, allergic rhinitis, causation, chronic rhinosinusitis

This review examines the possible causative relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) that has long been proposed. Many observational and experimental studies exist, however no clear and definitive connection has been established. This is mainly due to...