20-2SY Clinical Characteristics

Tuesday, 6 December 2011: 15:25 - 15:45
Gran Cancún 5 (Cancún Center)

Hector Stone-Aguilar, MD , School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Hermosillo, Hermosillo, Mexico

Learning Objectives:
  • To review the high prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis in pediatric patients
  • To detail the main clinical characteristics that must raise the suspicion for CRS in the pediatric population
  • To review the clinical differences of CRS in pediatric vs adult population
  • To review the relationship of the patient's age in the different clinical pictures of CRS within the pediatric population.
  • To provide a stepwise approach for the aetiologic diagnosis of CRS in children