RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Demographic and clinical profile of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Saudi Arabia
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 401
OP 405
DO 10.15537/smj.2023.44.4.20220947
VO 44
IS 4
A1 Alfallaj, Rayan
A1 Obaid, Sultan bin
A1 Almousa, Hisham
A1 Ismail, Dawood
A1 Mahjoub, Saleh
A1 Alanazy, Fatma
A1 Dousary, Surayie Al
A1 Alromaih, Saud
A1 Aloulah, Mohammad
A1 Alrasheed, Abdulaziz
A1 Alroqi, Ahmad S.
A1 Alsaleh, Saad
YR 2023
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/44/4/401.abstract
AB Objectives: To determine the clinical features of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We enrolled 660 male and female participants with medical records indicating a history of chronic rhinosinusitis between 2021 and 2022. Quantitative and descriptive analyses of age, gender, nationality, presence of polyps, aspirin sensitivity, presence of urticaria, asthma, and allergies were performed.Results: Of the 660 enrolled patients, 60% (n=396) were male and 40% (n=264) were female. Additionally, 67.7% (447) had nasal polyps, 32% had a history of asthma, 10% had hypersensitivity to aspirin, 1.4% reported a history of urticaria, 9.7% reported allergies to medications, 7.9% reported food allergies, 26% reported multiple allergies, and 1.8% reported environmental allergies.Conclusion: Our study revealed the following: Samter’s triad was present in 6.9% of participants with chronic rhinosinusitis; the greatest prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps was observed among those older than 50 years. The prevalence of urticaria was not significantly different among groups; a higher rate of environmental allergies was observed among those with CRSwNP than among those without nasal polyps; and a higher prevalence of aspirin hypersensitivity was observed among those with CRSwNP than among non-polyps group.