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Objective assessment of nasal resistance in patients with nasal disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

A. H. Suzina ,
M. Hamzah  and
A. R. Samsudin
A. H. Suzina
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
M. Hamzah
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
A. R. Samsudin
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Abstract

Nasal obstruction is a subjective complaint in patients with nasal disease.The ability to quantitate the nasal ventilation dysfunction would be useful for making the appropriate choice of nasal disease management. This cross-sectional study comprised of 200 adult subjects. They underwent assessment of relevant symptoms, nasal examination and investigations before undergoing active anterior rhinomanometry (AAR) assessment. A group of 88 normal subjectsand 112 patients with nasal disease were included. The mean total nasal air resistance (NAR) was significantly higher in patients with nasal disease (0.33 Pa/cm3/s) as compared tonormal subjects (0.24 Pa/cm3/s). There was no significant difference in total NAR between patients with symptoms of nasal obstruction and those without the symptoms (p = 0.42). It is concluded that AAR is a sensitive but not a specific tool for the detection of abnormalities in NAR and it failed to relate to the symptom of nasal obstruction.

Keywords

RhinomanometryNoseNasal Airway ResistanceSinus Symptoms
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 8 , August 2003 , pp. 609 - 613
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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