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Rhinomanometric evaluation of the improved mechanical therapeutic nasal dilator in patients with anterior nasal obstruction. 1996

M R Chaudhry, and S Akhtar, and F Dwalsaint

Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, USA.

The effectiveness of the Improved Mechanical Therapeutic Nasal Dilator (IMTND) was evaluated rhinomanometrically in 33 patients (mean age: 26 years; range 18-68 years) with anterior nasal obstruction. Using anterior rhinomanometry the patients were observed to have a mean total resistance of 0.376 Pa/cm3/s (range: 0.16-0.87 Pa/cm3/s). There was a significant drop in the inspiratory nasal resistance by 26% after the insertion of the IMTND in the nostrils (p < 0.001). Following decongestion with 1% phenylephrine the resistance decreased by 41%. This difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Insertion of the IMTND in the decongested nostrils resulted in even higher and significant decrease in the nasal resistance by 59% (p < 0.001).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008365	Manometry	Measurement of the pressure or tension of liquids or gases with a manometer.	Tonometry,Manometries
D010656	Phenylephrine	An alpha-1 adrenergic agonist used as a mydriatic, nasal decongestant, and cardiotonic agent.	(R)-3-Hydroxy-alpha-((methylamino)methyl)benzenemethanol,Metaoxedrin,Metasympatol,Mezaton,Neo-Synephrine,Neosynephrine,Phenylephrine Hydrochloride,Phenylephrine Tannate,Neo Synephrine,Tannate, Phenylephrine
D004106	Dilatation	The act of dilating.	Dilation,Dilatations,Dilations
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000281	Administration, Intranasal	Delivery of medications through the nasal mucosa.	Drug Administration, Intranasal,Administration, Intranasal Drug,Administration, Nasal,Intranasal Administration,Intranasal Drug Administration,Administrations, Intranasal,Administrations, Intranasal Drug,Administrations, Nasal,Drug Administrations, Intranasal,Intranasal Administrations,Intranasal Drug Administrations,Nasal Administration,Nasal Administrations
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000403	Airway Resistance	Physiologically, the opposition to flow of air caused by the forces of friction. As a part of pulmonary function testing, it is the ratio of driving pressure to the rate of air flow.	Airway Resistances,Resistance, Airway,Resistances, Airway

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