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To assist in implementing the guideline recommendations, this article summarizes the rationale, purpose, and key action statements. The 14 developed recommendations address diagnostic accuracy for adult rhinosinusitis, the appropriate use of ancillary tests to confirm diagnosis and guide management (including radiography, nasal endoscopy, computed tomography, and testing for allergy and immune function), and the judicious use of systemic and topical therapy. Emphasis was also placed on identifying multiple chronic conditions that would modify management of rhinosinusitis, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, immunocompromised state, and ciliary dyskinesia. An updated guideline is needed as a result of new clinical trials, new systematic reviews, and the lack of consumer participation in the initial guideline development group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This executive summary describes the guideline developed using the 55\u2010page protocol published as the American Academy of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's <jats:italic>Clinical Practice Guideline Development Manual (3<\/jats:italic><jats:sup><jats:italic>rd<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup> <jats:italic>edition)<\/jats:italic>, which summarizes the methodology for assessments of current data, topic prioritization, development of key action statements, application of value judgements, and related procedures. The guideline update group represented the disciplines of otolaryngology\u2013head and neck surgery, infectious disease, family medicine, allergy and immunology, advanced practice nursing, and a consumer advocate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Differences from Prior Guideline<\/jats:title><jats:p>This clinical practice guideline is as an update, and replacement, for an earlier guideline published in 2015 by the American Academy of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO\u2010HNSF).<jats:sup>1<\/jats:sup> An update was planned for 5 years after the initial publication date and was further necessitated by new primary studies and systematic reviews that might suggest a need for modifying clinically important recommendations.<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> Changes in content and methodology from the prior guideline include the following:<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n<jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>New evidence from 14 guidelines, 194 systematic reviews, and 133 RCTs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Emphasis on patient education and counseling with new explanatory tables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Expanded action statement profiles to explicitly state quality improvement opportunities, confidence in the evidence, intentional vagueness, and differences of opinion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Enhanced external review process to include public comment and journal peer review.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>New algorithm to clarify decision making, watchful waiting, action statement relationships.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Extension of watchful waiting (without antibiotic therapy) as an initial management strategy to all patients with uncomplicated acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS) regardless of severity, not just patients with \u201cmild\u201d illness (prior guideline).<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Clarified the recommended timeline for the diagnosis, conservative management and antibiotic treatment of ABRS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Change in recommendation to first\u2010line antibiotic therapy for ABRS amoxicillin, with or without clavulanate, from amoxicillin alone (prior guideline).<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Addition of aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) as a chronic condition that modifies management of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS).<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Three new key action statements on managing CRS that focus on the use of biologics (recommend against when patients do not have polyps and educate patients about them when they do) and a recommendation against the empiric use of antibiotics for CRS solely as a third\u2010party requirement for surgery or imaging.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item><\/jats:list><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ohn.1342","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,31]],"date-time":"2025-07-31T12:08:02Z","timestamp":1753963682000},"page":"299-316","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Executive Summary of the Clinical Practice Guideline on Adult Sinusitis Update"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"173","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9736-4561","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Spencer C.","family":"Payne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2010Head and Neck Surgery University of Virginia Charlottesville Virginia USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Margo","family":"McKenna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University Otolaryngology Associates University of Rochester Rochester New York USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Buckley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thundermist Health Center West Warwick Rhode Island USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Colandrea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Durham Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Durham North Carolina USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anthony","family":"Chow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine The University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kara","family":"Detwiller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Otolaryngology\u2010Head and Neck Surgery School of Medicine, Oregon Health &amp; 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