ABSTRACT

Rhinosinusitis is a common disease in both adult and pediatric populations and is thought to affect approximately 14% of the U.S. population (1). Prevalence rates are more difficult to determine in children because of their frequent inability to describe symptoms and the need for parental observation to suspect the diagnosis. It has been estimated that 5 to 10% of all upper respiratory infections are complicated by sinusitis. Since the average child contracts six to eight upper respiratory infections each year, it is clear that the pediatric population is greatly impacted by this disease as well (2).