Characterization of Olfactory Dysfunction
| Autor: | H. N. Wright |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Olfactory disorder Olfaction Olfaction Disorders Nasal Polyps Qualitative analysis Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Medicine Medical diagnosis business.industry Head neck Confusion matrix General Medicine Middle Aged Smell Quantitative measure Otorhinolaryngology Sensory Thresholds Odorants Female Surgery business Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 113:163-168 |
| ISSN: | 0886-4470 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archotol.1987.01860020055012 |
| Popis: | • Management of dysosmic patients frequently is hampered by an incomplete description of their chief complaint and sometimes inadequate qualitative analysis of their symptoms. Qualitative analysis of olfactory dysfunction by an Odorant Confusion Matrix helps to characterize more fully sense of smell in the dysosmic patient. It is well grounded in psychophysical theory, thereby permitting physiological inferences about specific neural dysfunctions. The quantitative measure derived from the matrix correlates well with another quantitative measure of olfactory ability, the Smell Identification Test, and provides the opportunity for valid comparisons among and within patients. Examination of illustrative case reports demonstrates that the qualitative features of the Odorant Confusion Matrix offer additional insights to support etiologic diagnoses of disturbances in sense of smell. ( Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1987;113:163-168) |
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