Objective and subjective assessments of nasal obstruction in children and adolescents with allergic rhinitis
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Objective To correlate objective assessment of nasal obstruction, as measured by acoustic rhinometry (volume of the first 5 cm of the nasal cavity) and active anterior rhinomanometry (total nasal airway resistance), with its subjective evaluation (obstruction scores). Method Thirty patients, aged 7 to 18 years, with persistent allergic rhinitis and thirty controls were enrolled. The obstruction score was reported for the whole nasal cavity and for each nostril separately. The three variables were measured at baseline and after induction of nasal obstruction. Results There were significant and negative correlations between resistance and nasal volume in all groups and scenarios, except for the most obstructed nostril, in the control group, post-obstruction. For the whole nasal cavity, there was no significant correlation between objective and subjective variables except between score and total nasal cavity volume in the control group, post-obstruction. Regarding the most obstructed nostril, we found a significant negative correlation between score and resistance and a significant positive correlation between score and volume for the total group at baseline. There were no clear differences in the correlation coefficients found in patients and controls. The correlation coefficients did not change after induction of nasal obstruction. Conclusions Objective assessment of nasal obstruction did not correlate significantly with subjective evaluation for the nasal cavity as a whole, b…
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Mendes et al found no significant correlation between the objective and subjective methods used in children with allergic rhinitis and healthy controls.
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- Authors
- Mendes, A. I. S., Wandalsen, G. F., & Solé, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
- Venue
- Jornal de Pediatria
- Publisher
- Jornal de Pediatria
- Published
- 2012-09-22
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 389-95
- ISSN
- 0021-7557 (ISSN-L)
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- W1591385081
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- 1.95
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- journal article
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- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Otorhinolaryngology › Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Keywords
- nasal obstruction, allergic rhinitis, children, adolescents, acoustic rhinometry, active anterior rhinomanometry, nasal resistance, nasal cavity volume, subjective and objective assessment, unilateral nasal obstruction
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Airway Resistance, Child, Female, Histamine, Humans, Male, Nasal Cavity, Nasal Provocation Tests, Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial, Nasal Obstruction, Case-Control Studies, Rhinometry, Acoustic, Rhinomanometry
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