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General practitioners and ENT specialists are called on to manage sinusitis in children. Despite sinusitis having been recognized as a disorder for hundreds of years, it is only recently that the condition has begun to be better understood in terms of scope, pathogenetic mechanism, appropriate diagnosis, therapy, and complications. Treating pediatric cases of acute sinusitis secondary to a coryzal illness with antibiotics for a brief period is associated with good outcomes. Nonetheless, chronic or recurrent cases of sinusitis present greater difficulties in management and lead to high levels of frustration. Management of chronic sinusitis depends on both eradicating the bacterial pathogens and treating underlying disorders that complicate the condition [1].
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Aytaç, İ., Cingi, C., Winkler, A.A. (2022). Acute Rhinosinusitis in Children. In: Cingi, C., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) Pediatric ENT Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80691-0_38
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