Assessment of the correlation of rhinometry with the symptoms and signs of allergic rhinitis in children.
The measurement of nasal patency by anterior rhinometry is a potentially useful tool in evaluating patients with various forms of rhinitis. This study measured both nasal air flow by anterior rhinometry and symptom/sign scores in 49 children with perennial allergic rhinitis. We found that anterior rhinometry in children is (1) a simple, rapid procedure, (2) well accepted by the pediatric patient, and (3) a valid technique for objectively assessing and quantifying the somewhat subjective parameters that physicians traditionally follow for allergic rhinitis.
D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005448:Fluocortolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D009297:Nasal Mucosa; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000187:drug effects; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014160:Transducers, Pressure
D005448:Fluocortolone; C011824:fluocortin butyl ester