Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Acute rhinosinusitis" and "Society guideline links: Rhinitis" and "Society guideline links: Primary ciliary dyskinesia".)
International
●International Consensus statement on Allergy and Rhinology (ICAR): Rhinosinusitis (2016)
●International Consensus (ICON): Chronic rhinosinusitis (2014)
Canada
●Canadian clinical practice guidelines for acute and chronic rhinosinusitis (2011)
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on sinusitis – Child (2018)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on sinonasal disease (2017)
●American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF): Clinical practice guideline – Adult sinusitis, update (2015)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't order more than one computerized tomography (CT) scan of the paranasal sinuses within 90 days to evaluate uncomplicated chronic rhinosinusitis patients when the paranasal sinus CT obtained is of adequate quality and resolution to be interpreted by the clinician and used for clinical decision-making and/or surgical planning (2015)
●American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI), and Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (JCAAI): Diagnosis and management of rhinosinusitis – A practice parameter, update (2014)
Europe
●European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Benefits and harm of systemic steroids for short- and long-term use in rhinitis and rhinosinusitis – A position paper (2020)
●European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps (2020)
●European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA): Consensus on biologics for CRSwNP with or without asthma (2019)
●EUFOREA-Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)-European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps (EPOS)-Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs): Statement on positioning the principles of precision medicine in care pathways for allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis (2017)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on corticosteroid-eluting bioabsorbable stent or spacer insertion during endoscopic sinus surgery to treat chronic rhinosinusitis (2016)
●NICE: Interventional procedure guidance on balloon catheter dilation of paranasal sinus ostia for chronic sinusitis (2008)
●British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI): Guidelines for the management of rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis (2007)
