Abstract
The article presents the results of studying the features of the endoscopic picture of acute rhinosinusitis in patients with anemia and neutropenia, who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The questions of the influence of the level of hemoglobin on the presence of hyperemia of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, as well as the influence of the level of neutrophils on the presence of pus in the exudate in rhinosinusitis, are being studied. The study was carried out based on the Clinic of the Raisa Gorbacheva Memorial Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Transplantation. The study included 49 episodes of rhinosinusitis in HSCT recipients diagnosed in the period from day –7 to day +30 after transplantation. The control group included 46 patients with rhinosinusitis undergoing treatment at the otorhinolaryngology clinic. In the course of the study, the influence of the level of neutrophils on the presence of purulent discharge in rhinosinusitis was established. The threshold value, below which the chances of having pus in the exudate significantly decreased, was 2.6 x 109/l (sensitivity and specificity of the method – 81.6 and 76.1%, respectively). It was also found that hemoglobin level affects the presence of hyperemia of the nasal mucosa. It was shown that at a hemoglobin level less than 119 g/l, the odds of presence of hyperemia of the nasal mucosa significantly decreased (sensitivity 77.6%, specificity 95.5%). Thus, in patients with anemia and neutropenia, one should remember the likelihood of the absence of pus and hyperemia of the nasal mucosa in the presence of rhinosinusitis. These criteria should not be the main ones in such a group of patients, and the diagnosis should be based on the results of an X-ray examination and the presence of other symptoms.
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