Nasal compliance measurement for diagnosis of idiopathic non-allergic rhinitis: A prospective case-controlled study of 63 patients

Autor: Christian Larger, J.-F. Papon, André Coste, Daniel Isabey, Bruno Louis, M. Devars du Mayne, Françoise Zerah-Lancner, E. Bequignon
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Clinical Otolaryngology. 43:328-332
ISSN: 1749-4478
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12935
Popis: • Idiopathic non allergic rhinitis (i-NAR) is a frequent cause of non-allergic rhinitis and associates nonspecific symptoms. There is no simple direct procedure to establish i-NAR diagnosis. • Diagnosis of i-NAR is currently based on an absence of a definite causal factor and a lack of evidence for IgE-mediated allergy by skin prick tests and allergen-specific serum IgE • Measurement of nasal compliance with acoustic rhinometry evaluates the vasomotricity-related deformability of the nasal mucosa. It has been already suggested that nasal compliance could be abnormal in i-NAR. • In this prospective case-controlled study of 42 patients with chronic rhinitis and 21 control patients, after topical decongestion, compliances in i-NAR group were significantly increased compared to allergic rhinitis (AR) and Control group (n=21) (p
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