It is established that non-white people experience worse health outcomes than white within the same population. Equity addresses differences between patient subgroups, allowing needs-based distribution of resources. The use quality-of-life (QoL) tools to assist clinical decision making such as SNOT-22 for chronic rhinosinusitis promotes equality, not equity, provide criteria symptom scoring acr...

  Background: Nose is used as a corridor in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EETSA) for pituitary adenoma. Thus, it may affect the nasal airway patency, function and sinonasal-related quality of life. The aim of this study is to objectively and subjectively evaluate these effects.   Methods: In this prospective study, 43 patients with pituitary adenoma who were c...

OBJECTIVE Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) is comprised of aspirin/acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) sensitivity, bronchial asthma, and nasal polyposis. Treatment of this condition is challenging and may include topical/systemic steroids, endoscopic sinus surgery, and/or aspirin desensitization. STUDY DESIGN A prospective crossover pilot study (n = 10) was conducted in which patients w...

Abstract Objectives Osteitis and tissue remodeling are inflammatory processes associated with the severity of chronic rhinosinusitis nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Nasal steroids mainly recommended therapeutics in treatment disease, besides their beneficial effects, they may worsen osteitis via osteopenia. This study aimed to search for coalescence CRSwNP steroid use (NSU). Methods A cross-sectional wa...

TYPE: Late Breaking Abstract TOPIC: Practice Management and Administration PURPOSE: to analyze compliance clinical response in a group of patients with severe asthma (SA) chronic rhinosinusitis nasal polyps (CRwNP) performing self-administration biologic therapy at home. METHODS: we enrolled (step 5 GINA Guidelines) CRwNP receiving the ambulatory care Pneumology department (ASL 5, La Spezia. Th...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is an iatrogenic disorder caused by turbinate reduction procedures, which results in considerable nasal dysfunction and severely impaired quality of life. However, there is a lack of data that explains the relationship between the degree of turbinate reduction and subjective symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of remnant in...