68 / 236
Update on evidence based reviews in adult CRS
treatment of CRS. They form an effective template for ad-
ditional reviews that will further enhance the use of EBM
in the treatment of CRS. They also provide direction for fu-
ture research efforts. Additionally, they may form a useful
foundation for the development of evidence-based guide-
lines for the management of CRS.
References
1. Bhattacharyya N. Incremental health care utiliza-
tion and expenditures for chronic rhinosinusitis
in the United States.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
.
2011;120:423–427.
2. Bhattacharyya N. Functional limitations and work-
days lost associated with chronic rhinosinusitis and
allergic rhinitis.
Am J Rhinol Allergy
. 2012;26:120–
122.
3. Gliklich RE, Metson R. The health impact of chronic
sinusitis in patients seeking otolaryngologic care.
Oto-
laryngol Head Neck Surg
. 1995;113:104–109.
4. Sackett DL, Rosenberg WMC, Gray JAM, Haynes RB,
Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is
and what it isn’t.
BMJ
. 1996;312:71–72.
5. Rudmik L, Smith TL. Development of an evidence-
based review with recommendations using an on-
line iterative process.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
.
2011;1:431–437.
6. Wilson KF, McMains KS, Orlandi RR. Allergy and
chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps:
an evidence-based review with recommendations.
Int
Forum Allergy Rhinol
. 2014;4:93–103.
7. Purkey MT, Smith TL, Ferguson BJ, et al. Subcu-
taneous immunotherapy for allergic rhinitis: an evi-
dence based review of the recent literature with recom-
mendations.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
. 2013;3:519–
531.
8. Calderon MA, Alves B, Jacobson M, Hurwitz B,
Sheikh A, Durham S. Allergen injection immunother-
apy for seasonal allergic rhinitis.
Cochrane Database
Syst Rev
. 2007;(1):CD001936.
9. Rudmik L, Hoy M, Schlosser RJ, et al. Topical ther-
apies in the management of chronic rhinosinusitis: an
evidence-based review with recommendations.
Int Fo-
rum Allergy Rhinol
. 2013;3:281–298.
10. Poetker DM, Jakubowski LA, Lal D, Hwang PH,
Wright ED, Smith TL. Oral corticosteroids in the
management of adult chronic rhinosinusitis with
and without nasal polyps: an evidence-based review
with recommendations.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
.
2013;3:104–120.
11. Dubin MG, Liu C, Lin SY, Senior BA. American Rhi-
nologic Society member survey on “maximal medi-
cal therapy” for chronic rhinosinusitis.
Am J Rhinol
.
2007;21:483–488.
12. Soler ZM, Oyer SL, Kern RC, et al. Antimicrobials
and chronic rhinosinusitis with or without polyposis
in adults: an evidenced-based review with recommen-
dations.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
. 2013;3:31–47.
13. Thomas WW 3rd, Harvey RJ, Rudmik L, Hwang
PH, Schlosser RJ. Distribution of topical agents
to the paranasal sinuses: an evidence-based review
with recommendations.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
.
2013;3:691–703.
14. Smith TL, Kern RC, Palmer JN, et al. Medical therapy
vs surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis: a prospective,
multi-institutional study.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
.
2011;1:235–241.
15. Smith TL, Kern R, Palmer JN, et al. Medical ther-
apy vs surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis: a prospec-
tive, multi-institutional study with 1-year follow-up.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
. 2013;3:4–9.
16. Ramakrishnan VR, Orlandi RR, Citardi MJ, Smith
TL, Fried MP, Kingdom TT. The use of image-guided
surgery in endoscopic sinus surgery: an evidence-based
reviewwith recommendations.
Int ForumAllergy Rhi-
nol
. 2013;3:236–241.
17. Rudmik L, Soler ZM, Orlandi RR, et al.
Early postoperative care following endoscopic si-
nus surgery: an evidence-based review with recom-
mendations.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
. 2011;1:417–
430.
18. Dalgorf DM, Sacks R, Wormald PJ, et al. Image-
guided surgery influences perioperative morbidity
from endoscopic sinus surgery: a systematic review
and meta-analysis.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
.
2013;149:17–29.
19. Han JK, Marple BF, Smith TL, et al., Effect of steroid-
eluting implants on postoperative medical and surgi-
cal interventions: an efficacy meta-analysis.
Int Forum
Allergy Rhinol
. 2012;2:271–279.
International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, Vol. 4, No. S1, July 2014
46