Management of orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in pediatric patients : a 15-Year single-center experience
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BACKGROUND: The major clinical dilemma managing acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) in pediatric population is distinguishing uncomplicated rhinosinusitis from a complicated bacterial ARS and orbital complications, the latter requiring antimicrobials and surgical intervention. However, factors associated with severe orbital complications and the optimum management strategy remains controversial. The objectives of this study were to characterize the clinical outcomes of children with orbital complications of ARS and to identify risk factors associated with disease severity. METHODS: This retrospective cohort analysis evaluated the clinical outcomes of 61 children admitted for orbital complications between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2017. Descriptive statistics were performed to examine the demographics and clinical findings. We compared groups using Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables and χ for categorical variables. RESULTS: Although two-thirds of children had received prehospital antibiotics, half of the cohort presented with post-septal orbital complications. While 83% of isolates obtained from the same patients were susceptible to the prehospital antibiotics given, the majority of those who received prehospital antibiotics nevertheless required surgical intervention. We observed significant association between the age of presentation and disease severity. Children >5 years of age presented with more severe orbital complications despite prehospital antibiotics and were more likely to require surgical intervention (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, stage II/III orbital complications at presentation and older age were the most important determinants of medical treatment failure. Early referral to eye, nose and throat (ENT) should be considered for children >5 years with ARS due to worse orbital complications despite prehospital antibiotics.
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Trivić , A , Cevik , M , Folić , M , Krejovic-Trivić , S , Rubino , S , Micić , J , Stevanović , G , Milovanović , J , Jotić , A & Barać , A 2019 , ' Management of orbital complications of acute rhinosinusitis in pediatric patients : a 15-Year single-center experience ' , Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal , vol. Online First . https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002414
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Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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Peer reviewed
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0891-3668Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002414
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