Pediatric Nasal and Sinus Disorders provides an impressive collection of reviews on topics ranging from disease mechanisms and immunodefense to diagnosis, medical management, and surgical strategy.

Features:

• Presents surgical options for chronic pathologies with anatomical predisposition and inflammatory/infectious complications
• Considers the importance of the proper diagnosis in the care of these disorders
• Describes the principles of allergic management, as well as the antimicrobial approach to handle related infections in healthy and immunocompromised pediatric patients
• Details related rhino/sinus diseases such as bronchitis, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, and sleep apnea
• Highlights specific diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
• Covers fundamental concepts in microbiology, anatomy, embryology, and epidemiology

Contents

• Immune Defense Mechanisms in Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
• The Role of Nasal Mucus in Upper Airways Function
• Mechanisms of Viral and Bacterial Infections of Nose and Sinuses
• Bacterial-Mucin Interaction in the Upper Aerodigestive Tract Shows Striking Heterogeneity: Implications in Otitis Media, Sinusitis and Pneumonia
• The Eosinophil Cathionic Protein: Why we Should and How we Can Control it
• Allergic Rhinitis and Nasal Provocation. Correlation Between Objective Symptoms Mediators and Eosinophils During the Early and Late Phase Reaction After Nasal Provocation in Allergic Patients
• Anatomy and Development of the Nasal Septum in Relation to Septal Surgery in Children
• Air Pollution and the Child
• Correlation Between Respiratory Diseases and Histologic Alterations Due to Urban Pollution
• Nasal Polyposis: Cytokines, Recruitment of Eosinophils and Epthelial Remodeling
• Anatomic Terminology and Nomenclature of the Paranasal Sinuses and Quantification for Staging Sinusitis
• The Diagnosis of Nasal Allergy in Children
• The Role of Allergy in Chronic Pediatric Rhinosinusitis
• How to Monitor Nasal Allergy in Children
• Imaging of Paranasal Sinus Diseases in Children
• Pediatric Rhinomanometry and Acoustic Rhinometry
• Current Approach on Diagnosis and Therapy of Sinusitis in Children
• Chronic Rhinosinusitis-a Medical or Surgical Disease?
• Rhinosinusitis in Immunodeficient Children
• Chronic Cough in Children
• Gastroesophageal Reflux and Upper Airways
• Management of the Common Cold
• Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma
• Microbiology and Antimicrobial Treatment of Sinusitis in Children
• Controversies on Drugs Used Frequently in Respiratory Infections and Allergy in Children
• Acute Sinusitis in Children: The Importance of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents
• Antimicrobial Agents Most Often Used in the Main Otorhinolaryngology Infections in Children: Emphasis on Sinusitis
• Cough /Bronchitis in Children – The Importance of Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Agents
• Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis in Children
• Rhinitis and Rhinosinusitis Treatment with Corticosteroids in Children
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring in Children
• Choanal Atresia
• Surgical Management of Chronic Rinosinusitis in Children
• The Minimally Invasive Approach in Pediatric Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• Surgical Treatment of Hypertrophy of the Inferior Turbinate
• Long Term Results of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Cystic Fibrosis

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