Eustachian Tube Quality of Life and Severity of Disease in Patients With Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

Arthur William WuEvan S WalgamaThomas S HigginsMichela BorrelliNarine VardanyanStephanie HoppArash ShamsianMartin L Hopp

Published in: American journal of rhinology & allergy (2020)

While the association between ETD and CRS has long been known, this is one of the few prospective patient studies evaluating otologic symptoms in a CRS population. We found that a significant percentage of CRS patients suffer from ETD symptoms based on patient-reported subjective outcome measures. This study demonstrates that otologic symptoms increase with CRS severity and improve after FESS.

Keyphrases

patient reported
sleep quality
chronic rhinosinusitis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
depressive symptoms