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Nasal Toilet in Infants

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Newborns and newborns must depend only on nose breathing; therefore, a healthy nasal passage is essential. Infants with nasal blockage may have feeding difficulties and dyspnea. Nasal saline rinse is an effective treatment for mucus-related nasal blockage [1]. In order to thin mucous, increase mucociliary clearance (MCC), decrease edema, and lessen antigen load in the nasal and sinus canals, it is thought that nasal saline irrigation (NSI) is effective [2, 3].

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Adana City Hospital, Adana, Türkiye

    Ayşe Karaoğullarindan

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye

    Nuray Bayar Muluk

  3. University of Siena- ENT Clinic, Siena, Italy

    Luisa Maria Bellussi

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Karaoğullarindan, A., Muluk, N.B., Bellussi, L.M. (2023). Nasal Toilet in Infants. In: Şahin, Ö.N., Briana, D.D., Di Renzo, G.C. (eds) Breastfeeding and Metabolic Programming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33278-4_37

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