OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy and safety of a pollen blocker crème for prophylaxis of symptoms in patients with seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study conducted from November 2001 through September 2002 in 2 outpatient centers in Germany and 1 in Russia. Ninety-one patients aged 18 to 55 years with at least a 2-year his...

For over a century, surgical management of lower turbinate hypertrophy has given rise to much discussion. Aim of the present investigation was to establish, by means of the analysis of a large patient population, the efficacy and reproducibility of high frequency surgery in the treatment of this condition. A total of 1689 non-allergic patients with nasal obstruction, presenting hypertrophy of t...

Using posterior rhinomanometry, we measured nasal airflow resistance (Rn) and flow-resistive work of nasal breathing (WONB), with an external nasal dilator strip (ENDS) and without (control), in 15 healthy adults (6 men, 9 women) during exclusive nasal breathing and graded (50-230 W) exercise on a cycle ergometer. ENDS decreased resting inspiratory and/or expiratory Rn (at 0.4 l/s) by >0.5 cmH(...

INTRODUCTION: Correction of the hump nose entails more than just simple elimination of the dorsal hump. Recent trend is toward conservative reduction of the hump and appropriate adjustment of the radix height. East Asians often present with pseudo-hump, due to underprojected radix or tip, which accentuates the height of the hump. This study introduces our method of pseudohump correction and ach...

UNLABELLED Acoustic rhinometry, rhinomanometry and Inspiratory Peak Nasal Flow (IPNF) are used in order to objectively assess nasal patency. These are expensive not very practical tests, except for IPNF, which is a fast, simple and low cost method. OBJECTIVE To assess IPNF in healthy individuals complaining of nose obstruction caused by allergic rhinitis. METHOD IPNF use in 78 individuals w...

BACKGROUND Skin testing, correlated with patient history, is the accepted method of identifying clinically relevant aeroallergen sensitivity. Traditionally, intradermal tests are believed to be more sensitive in identifying aeroallergen sensitivity than the epicutaneous and percutaneous methods. Therefore, many allergy practitioners use the epicutaneous or percutaneous method first and, if the ...

Objective-To study the relation between exposure and nasal function in woodwork teachers. Methods-39 selected woodwork teachers employed full time and 32 control subjects (other school personnel) were examined at the beginning and at the end of a working week with symptom rating, nose and throat inspection, rhinomanometry, nasal mucociliary clearance test, and a smell identification test. Durin...