Exploring Pediatric Sinusitis: Updates in the Management of Pediatric Sinusitis (AMW) Session
2021 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting & OTO Experience
The goal of this panel presentation is to address challenges facing the otolaryngologist managing pediatric rhinosinusitis and provide an evidence-based update in the care of this disease process. Through case-based discussions with practicing pediatric otolaryngologists and rhinologists, the panelists will discuss patient care challenges, review the current evidence, and debate areas of controversy in: 1) Medical and surgical management of pediatric rhinitis: What to do with the stuffy, snotty nose after adenoidectomy when the CT is clear? 2) Pediatric rhinosinusitis and its medical and surgical management with special focus on a) the use of biologics in pediatric rhinosinusitis: patient selection, timing, risks; b) the role of allergy evaluation; c) management of special populations including patients with cystic fibrosis and those in an immunocompromised state. 3) Pediatric complicated sinusitis and the management of orbital and intracranial complications of acute sinusitis.
Description
Learning Objective: 1. Recognize the clinical and radiographic findings separating pediatric rhinitis, rhinosinusitis, and complicated sinusitis. 2. Implement evidence-based management strategies including both medical and surgical therapy for pediatric rhinosinusitis and understand the differences in treatment for special populations. 3. Recognize the indications for allergy/immunology evaluation and biologics in the pediatric rhinosinusitis patient. Faculty: David Gudis, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Naweed Chowdhury, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Amanda Stapleton, MD(Nothing to Disclose), Patrick Walz, MD(Nothing to Disclose).