Prevalence of sinusitis in poorly controlled asthma children

Objective To investigate the prevalence of sinusitis in poorly controlled asthma children. Methods Asthmatic children from the Asthma Specialist Department of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital were selected as the study cases, of which 107 children coughing for more than 4 weeks after treatment were allocated to the research group and 105 newly diagnosed asthmatic children were selected as the control group. Results 1. The CT confirmed sinusitis prevalence was 81.3%(87/107 cases) in research group and 51.4% (54/105 cases) in the control group, respectively. The 2 groups were significantly different (χ2=21.242, P 0.05). Conclusions Chronic cough in poorly controlled asthma children is related to sinusitis and upper airway cough syndrome. Key words: Child; Asthma; Chronic cough; Upper airway cough syndrome; Sinusitis; Allergic rhinitis