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Measurement of Nasal Function

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Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery

Abstract

■ Of all the techniques available, rhinomanometry is the closest to a “gold standard” for nasal assessment.

■ Acoustic rhinometry is also widely used and spirometry has enjoyed some support.

■ There is a need for more reliable system of nasal airway measurement.

■ Inter- and intra-test variation in measurements of nasal obstruction are too variable for any one means of assessment to be reliable at the present time.

■ Utilisation of a combination of measurement techniques together with clinical judgement and the reports of the patients’ own sensation of obstruction are the best that can be achieved currently.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, E11 1NR, Leytonstone, UK

    Guy S. Kenyon

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Kenyon, G., Pickett, J. (2009). Measurement of Nasal Function. In: Stucker, F., de Souza, C., Kenyon, G., Lian, T., Draf, W., Schick, B. (eds) Rhinology and Facial Plastic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74380-4_4

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