title: Nocturnal oxymetry in patients with total nasal packing.
abstract: Nocturnal oxymetry was recorded in ten otherwise healthy patients undergoing different types of nasal surgery with total nasal packing. Postoperative nocturnal oxymetry was worse than preoperative one in seven patients and judged as abnormal in four. These results indicate that in otherwise healthy subjects, nasal surgery and total nasal packing induce immediate significant changes in nocturnal breathing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology & Neck Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rombaux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liistro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamoir
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eloy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D010092:Oximetry; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013630:Tampons, Surgical