Paranasal @entity1244 is an important source of @entity295 and morbidity in @entity542 victims and requires aggressive pursuit and therapy. Of 208 head-injured @entity1 , 24 developed paranasal @entity1244 . The Glasgow Coma Scale score of the @entity1244 @entity1 was 7.1 +/- 3.9. Nineteen @entity1 were intubated nasotracheally, and five were intubated orally. Sinus air fluid levels, indicative of @entity548 into the sinus, were seen on 17 initial computed tomographic scans. Maxillary sinus suppuration occurred in 23 @entity1 ; in 20 it was the initial sinus involved. Twenty-one @entity1 developed polymicrobial @entity1244 . Coexisting @entity281 were common. In 15 @entity1 with concurrent tracheobronchitis or @entity55 , organisms identical to those in sinus aspirations were recovered from the sputum. Seven @entity1 had associated @entity2259 . @entity693 in six @entity1 shared a common pathogen with their @entity1244 . Nonoperative management successfully resolved sinus infection in 19 cases. Five @entity1 required open sinusotomy.

Clinical characteristics of nosocomial XXXX .

@entity1244 :: ('MESH:D012852', 'Disease') :: ['sinusitis'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['sepsis'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['pneumonia'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head injury'] @entity693 :: ('MESH:D008581', 'Disease') :: ['Meningitis'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections'] @entity2259 :: ('MESH:D016470', 'Disease') :: ['bacteremia']
@entity1244 :: (MESH:D012852,Disease) :: ['sinusitis']
