SynthesisInternational forum of allergy & rhinology2015
Occupational and environmental risk factors for chronic rhinosinusitis: a systematic review.
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- Occupational and environmental exposures, the association with chronic sinusitis.Saudi medical journal · 2022Pooled it
- Synergistic Impact of Nasal Irrigation and Health Education in Reducing Chronic Rhinosinusitis Among Cement Plant Workers: a Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2025Trial
- Altered internetwork functional connectivity and graph analysis of occipital regions in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis accompanied by olfactory dysfunction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sinusitis and rhinitis among US veterans deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan after September 11, 2001.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Among Factory Workers: an Occupational Health Perspective.Materia socio-medica · 2025Article
- Assessment of Correlation Between Disease Specific Quality of Life and Endoscopy Score After 1 Month and 6 Months of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS) in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Prospective Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- [Artificial intelligence-assisted prediction of olfactory disorders in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2023Article
- Comorbid asthma in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: did dupilumab make a difference?BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Article
- A Clinical Study of Nasal Polyposis and Comparison of the Different Methods of its Management.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
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- World Trade Center Health Program best practices for diagnosing and treating chronic rhinosinusitis.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2023Article
- Psychometric Validation of Hindi Version of Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Environmental air pollution and chronic rhinosinusitis: A systematic review.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Review
- Role of Environmental Air Pollution in Chronic Rhinosinusitis.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2021Review
- Association between obesity and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a national population-based study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Effect of Urban Particulate Matter on Vocal Fold Fibrosis through the MAPK/NF-κB Signaling Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Immunity-targeted approaches to the management of chronic and recurrent upper respiratory tract disorders in children.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2019Review
- Aeroallergens, air pollutants, and chronic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2018Review
- Acute and chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis in relation to comorbidity, ethnicity and environment.PloS one · 2018Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of MRI Abnormality Which Was Suspected as Sinusitis in Japanese Middle-Aged and Elderly Community Dwellers.BioMed research international · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a prevalent and disabling paranasal sinus disease, with a likely multifactorial etiology potentially including hazardous occupational and environmental exposures. We completed a systematic review of the occupational and environmental literature to evaluate the quality of evidence of the role that hazardous exposures might play in CRS.
methodsWe searched PubMed for studies of CRS and following exposure categories: occupation, employment, work, industry, air pollution, agriculture, farming, environment, chemicals, roadways, disaster, and traffic. We abstracted information from the final set of articles across 6 primary domains: study design; population; exposures evaluated; exposure assessment; CRS definition; and results.
resultsWe identified 41 articles from 1080 manuscripts: 37 occupational risk papers, 1 environmental risk paper, and 3 papers studying both categories of exposures. None of the 41 studies used a CRS definition consistent with current diagnostic guidelines. Exposure assessment was generally dependent on self-report or binary measurements of exposure based on industry of employment. Only grain, dairy, and swine operations among farmers were evaluated by more than 1 study using a common approach to defining CRS, but employment in these settings was not consistently associated with CRS. The multiple other exposures did not meet quality standards for reporting associations or were not evaluated by more than 1 study.
conclusionThe current state of the literature allows us to make very few conclusions about the role of hazardous occupational or environmental exposures in CRS, leaving a critical knowledge gap regarding potentially modifiable risk factors for disease onset and progression.
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