Introduction:

Transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). It requires immunosuppression, which predisposes to the development of complications; chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most significant.

Objetive:

To compare the characteristics of patients with CKD and without CRS in a renal transplant protocol at a specialized hospital in Puebla, Mexico.

Methods:

A comparative, cross-sectional, retrospective study in patients with CKD and in renal transplant protocol at a third-level care hospital. The SNOT-22 and Lund-Mackay scales were applied. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U tests, Fisher's exact test, and Phi coefficient were used; p<0.05 was considered significant.

Results:

360 patients were recruited: 49 presented with CRS; prevalence: 13.61%; mean age: 39.22 ± 12.09 years and duration of progression: 17.73 ± 5.91 weeks. Naso-sinusal polyposis was present in 14.3%; nasal obstruction in 95.9%; facial pain in 67.3%; rhinorrhea in 49% and hyposmia/anosmia in 40.8%. Associated risk factors: allergy to acetylsalicylic acid (p=0.014) and atopy (p=0.000). Anatomical variants in patients with and without CRS, respectively: Agger nasi cell 95% and 15.4%; septal deviation, 50% and 6.4%; turbinate hypertrophy, 50% and 1.3%; concha bullosa, 30% and 4.2%; and paradoxical turbinate, 10% and 1.6%. The predominant quality of life impact in patients with and without CRS was moderate at 53.1% and mild at 97.1% (p=0.000).

Conclusion:

The prevalence of CRS was 13.61%; the associated risk factors were allergy to acetylsalicylic acid and atopy, and the predominant anatomical variant was Agger nasi. The tomographic severity was mild, and the impact on quality of life was moderate.

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