Contents Preface vii Guest Editors ix Introduction xi List of abbreviations xiv 1. Upper and lower airways: the same tissue? 1 Andriana I. Papaioannou, Clementine Bostantzoglou, Chrysoula Kontogianni and Mina Gaga 2. How to explore the nose in respiratory disorders in 2017: 12 a one-stop clinic? Laurent Guilleminault, Guillaume de Bonnecaze, Elie Serrano and Alain Didier 3. Imaging the nose and sinuses in respiratory disorders 32 Gaël Dournes and François Laurent 4. Nasal and sinus problems in cystic fibrosis patients 48 Daniel L. Hamilos 5. Infections in the nose and exacerbations of chronic respiratory 67 disorders Paraskevi Xepapadaki, Spyridon Megremis, Nikolaos A. Kitsioulis and Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos 6. Nasal polyposis and asthma: the otorhinolaryngologist’s view 87 Wytske J. Fokkens and Peter W. Hellings 7. Nasal polyposis and asthma: the chest physician’s view 105 Akke-Nynke van der Meer and Anneke ten Brinke 8. Nasal polyposis and asthma: a mechanistic paradigm focusing on 122 Staphylococcus aureus Claus Bachert, Nan Zhang, Olga Krysko, Koen van Crombruggen and Elien Gevaert 9. The nose and sinuses in COPD 138 John R. Hurst and Arturo Huerta Garcia ERS monograph The Nose and Sinuses in Respiratory Disorders Number 76 June 2017