Acute Sinusitis
Authors: Barbara Turner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2010)

In the Clinic7 September 2010Acute SinusitisBarbara Turner, MD, MSED, Sankey Williams, MD, Darren Taichman, MD, PhD, and Jennifer F. Wilson, MS, ANPBarbara Turner, MD, MSEDSearch for more papers by this author, Sankey Williams, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Darren Taichman, MD, PhDSearch for more papers by this author, and Jennifer F. Wilson, MS, ANPSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-5-201009070-01003 SectionsSupplemental MaterialAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Acute sinusitis affects millions of persons in the United States every year and is among the most common reasons for physician visits, prompting over 3 million visits annually (1). The more accurate term for this condition is acute rhinosinusitis, because symptoms involve both the nasal cavity and the sinuses. For simplicity, this review uses the term "sinusitis" for rhinosinusitis. There are 4 pairs of air-filled paranasal sinuses: the frontal, maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinuses. Acute sinusitis typically occurs in the maxillary sinuses (Figure). Sinusitis is characterized as acute when the duration of symptoms is shorter than 4 weeks, subacute when ...References1. Anand VK. Epidemiology and economic impact of rhinosinusitis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 2004;193:3-5. [PMID: 15174752] Google Scholar2. Ahovuo-Saloranta A, Borisenko OV, Kovanen N, et al. Antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008:CD000243. [PMID: 18425861] Google Scholar3. Mahakit P, Pumhirun P. A preliminary study of nasal mucociliary clearance in smokers, sinusitis and allergic rhinitis patients. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1995;13:119-21. [PMID: 8703239] Google Scholar4. Small CB, Bachert C, Lund VJ, et al. 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