Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January-March | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 17-19
A Cross-Sectional Study on Demographic and Clinical Profile of Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Ashish Chaturvedi1, DS Grewal2
1Assistant Professor, 2Professor & Head,
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Varun Arjun Rohilkhand Medical College & Rohilkhand Hospital, Shahjahanpur, UP
Corresponding Author: DS Grewal
ABSTRACT
Objective: To study the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study conducted in a tertiary care hospital. All the patients with clinical findings of CRS referred from ENT Department for CT PNS constituted the study population. All the patients were submitted to detailed clinical examination, routine investigation & subsequently submitted for CT scan of PNS.
Results: About one third of patients were between 20-30 years (30.4%) followed by >40 (29.3%), 31-40 (23.9%) and <20 (16.3%) years. The average age of patients was 35.63±15.98 ranging from 13 to 65 years. More than half of patients were males (57.6%). Fever was the most common minor symptom (70.7%). Headache was found to be second most common minor symptom (62%). Fatigue and ear pain/ear pressure was observed in 57.6% and 52.2% respectively. Nasal discharge/purulence/discolored was the most common major symptom (70.7%). Facial congestion/fullness was found to be second most common minor symptom (64.1%). Facial pain/pressure and Hyposmia/anosmia was observed in 59.8% and 55.4% respectively.
Conclusion: This study concludes that chronic rhinosinusitis manifested more in middle aged patients with male preponderance. They clinically presented most commonly with nasal discharge
Keywords: Chronic rhinosinusitis, Demographic, Clinical