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Phase variation in nasal airways resistance assessed by active anterior rhinomanometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. S. Kenyon*
Affiliation:
(Guildford)
*
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Surrey Country Hospital, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XX.

Abstract

Measurements of nasal airways resistance in normal subjects have shown a significant difference between values obtained in the two respiratory phases. Higher overall values are found during expiration in both the unprepared and decongested nose but these differences fail to maintain statistical significance after application of a decongestant. This indicates that the phase of respiration in which measurement is made must be routinely recorded especially when measurement is made without decongestant, and comparisons of data made only with recordings from equivalent parts of the nasal cycle.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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