AAO-HNS Adult Sinusitis Guideline Summary - Guideline Central

Document Overview

Design and created by Guideline Central in participation with the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.

Document Overview

Document Title: Adult Sinusitis

Authoring Society: American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation

Document Publication Date: Jul 31, 2025

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Guideline

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: Yes

Full Text Guideline: aao-hnsfjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ohn.1344

Source Citation: Payne SC, McKenna M, Buckley J, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline: Adult Sinusitis Update. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2025;173(5)(suppl):S1-S56. doi:10.1002/ohn.1344

Supplemental Implementation Resources

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Document Objectives: The purpose of this multidisciplinary guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing adult rhinosinusitis and to create explicit and actionable recommendations to implement these opportunities in clinical practice.

Scope: Diagnosis, Management

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D012852 - Sinusitis

D012852 - Sinusitis

Keywords: adult sinusitis, rhinosinusitis

Target Patient Population: age 18 years or older with a clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated rhinosinusitis

Target Provider Population: all clinicians who are likely to diagnose and manage adults with rhinosinusitis and applies to any setting in which an adult with rhinosinusitis would be identified, monitored, or managed

Inclusion Criteria: Male, Female, Adult, Older Adult

Health Care Settings: Ambulatory

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant

Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology

Number of Source Documents: 286

Literature Search Start Date: Friday, December 1, 2006

Literature Search End Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014

Includes peer/external review process?: Yes

Includes public comment process?: Yes

Methodologist involvement?: Yes

Patient involvement?: Yes

Includes multi-disciplinary group?: Yes

Includes systematic review?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of evidence?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of recommendation?: Yes

Discloses funding source?: Yes

Discloses conflicts of interest?: Yes

Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?: Yes