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Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years.

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Wald, ER; Applegate, KE; Bordley, C; Darrow, DH; Glode, MP; Marcy, SM; Nelson, CE; Rosenfeld, RM; Shaikh, N; Smith, MJ; Williams, PV ...
Published in: Pediatrics
July 2013

OBJECTIVE: To update the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline regarding the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children and adolescents. METHODS: Analysis of the medical literature published since the last version of the guideline (2001). RESULTS: The diagnosis of acute bacterial sinusitis is made when a child with an acute upper respiratory tract infection (URI) presents with (1) persistent illness (nasal discharge [of any quality] or daytime cough or both lasting more than 10 days without improvement), (2) a worsening course (worsening or new onset of nasal discharge, daytime cough, or fever after initial improvement), or (3) severe onset (concurrent fever[temperature ≥39°C/102.2°F] and purulent nasal discharge for at least 3 consecutive days). Clinicians should not obtain imaging studies of any kind to distinguish acute bacterial sinusitis from viral URI, because they do not contribute to the diagnosis; however, a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the paranasal sinuses should be obtained whenever a child is suspected of having orbital or central nervous system complications. The clinician should prescribe antibiotic therapy for acute bacterial sinusitis in children with severe onset or worsening course. The clinician should either prescribe antibiotic therapy or offer additional observation for 3 days to children with persistent illness. Amoxicillin with or without clavulanate is the firstline treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis. Clinicians should reassess initial management if there is either a caregiver report of worsening(progression of initial signs/symptoms or appearance of new signs/symptoms) or failure to improve within 72 hours of initial management.If the diagnosis of acute bacterial sinusitis is confirmed in a child with worsening symptoms or failure to improve, then clinicians may change the antibiotic therapy for the child initially managed with antibiotic or initiate antibiotic treatment of the child initially managed with observation. CONCLUSIONS: Changes in this revision include the addition of a clinical presentation designated as “worsening course,” an option to treat immediately or observe children with persistent symptoms for 3 days before treating, and a review of evidence indicating that imaging is not necessary in children with uncomplicated acute bacterial sinusitis.

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Pediatrics

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EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

July 2013

Volume

132

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e262 / e280

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Sinusitis
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Prognosis
  • Pediatrics
  • Paranasal Sinuses
  • Observation
  • Male
 

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Wald, E. R., Applegate, K. E., Bordley, C., Darrow, D. H., Glode, M. P., Marcy, S. M., … American Academy of Pediatrics, . (2013). Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years. Pediatrics, 132(1), e262–e280. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1071
Wald, Ellen R., Kimberly E. Applegate, Clay Bordley, David H. Darrow, Mary P. Glode, S Michael Marcy, Carrie E. Nelson, et al. “Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years.Pediatrics 132, no. 1 (July 2013): e262–80. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1071.
Wald ER, Applegate KE, Bordley C, Darrow DH, Glode MP, Marcy SM, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years. Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e262–80.
Wald, Ellen R., et al. “Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years.Pediatrics, vol. 132, no. 1, July 2013, pp. e262–80. Pubmed, doi:10.1542/peds.2013-1071.
Wald ER, Applegate KE, Bordley C, Darrow DH, Glode MP, Marcy SM, Nelson CE, Rosenfeld RM, Shaikh N, Smith MJ, Williams PV, Weinberg ST, American Academy of Pediatrics. Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial sinusitis in children aged 1 to 18 years. Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e262–e280.

Published In

Pediatrics

DOI

EISSN

1098-4275

Publication Date

July 2013

Volume

132

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e262 / e280

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Sinusitis
  • Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Prognosis
  • Pediatrics
  • Paranasal Sinuses
  • Observation
  • Male