World Trade Center Health Program best practices for diagnosing and treating chronic rhinosinusitis

Abstract

The most frequent adverse physical health effect among World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) members is chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), with some evidence supporting its association with the exposures to dust, gases, and toxicants. We selected the International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis (ICARS-RS-2021) as a comprehensive evidence-based guide on best practices for CRS diagnosis and treatment for the WTCHP.

Keywords:

• Chronic rhinitis
• chronic sinusitis
• occupational medicine
• smoke inhalation injury
• World Trade Center attack, 2001
  

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the comments from the clinicians of the WTC HP Clinical Centers. This review did not involve human subjects research and was thus deemed exempt from institutional review board review.

Disclosure statement

The authors have no other relevant financial conflict of interest.

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Funding

This work was funded in part by grant U01 OH010401 (RED, PI) from the Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH). The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (CDC/HHS), or the U.S. Government.