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Pediatric Intracranial Complications from Sinusitis

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Infectious sinusitis complications continue to be a frequent occurrence. These complications mostly occur in the orbital cavity or in the intracranial space. Most clinical reports indicate that, despite the near universal implementation of antipneumococcic conjugates vaccination, the incidence of these has been stable. The goals of this chapter will be to review the clinical manifestations of these infections, summarize the literature on best treatment practices, consider the effect of pneumococcal vaccines, describe changes in published bacterial pathogen profiles, and articulate expected outcomes of patients with these complicated infections.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA

    Osama Hamdi & Connor M. Smith

  2. Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s National Medical Center, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA

    Caitlin E. Fiorillo

  3. Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s National Health System, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Diego Preciado

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Hamdi, O., Smith, C.M., Fiorillo, C.E., Preciado, D. (2020). Pediatric Intracranial Complications from Sinusitis. In: Ramadan, H., Baroody, F. (eds) Pediatric Rhinosinusitis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22891-0_22

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