chronic sinusitisrhinosinusitisadministrative dataepidemiologycase definitionvalidationICDBackground Pharmacoepidemiological research using administrative databases has become increasingly popular for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS); however, without a validated case definition the cohort evaluated may be inaccurate ...
using a complex two-stage cluster sampling plan, and personal interviews and defining CRS based on the EPOS criteria found a prevalence of 5.51% [15]. The prevalence of doctor-diagnosed using ICD-9 codes as an identifier of CRS in Olmsted, Minnesota reports a prevalence of 2% ...
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Development of cause-specific estimates for sleep apnea and allergic rhinitis and sinusitis can be considered in the next cycles of the GBD, given their high prevalence.51,52 Lastly, reconsidering the available evidence for risk–outcome pairs would be crucial in future iterations, especially for ...