[The utility of peak nasal inspiratory flow rate for clinical practice].
OBJECTIVE
To find out whether peak nasal inspiratory flow rate (PnIFR) of one side nose can indicate nasal patency.


METHODS
PnIFR was measured using RHAT-301 wind rate meter (Qinghuatongfang Incorporated Company). One hundred subjects were recruited. We measured PnIFR of every side of nose of all subjects before and after using 3% ephedrine and registered the grade of patients' complaint of nasal obstruction.


RESULTS
PnIFR in normal male and in normal female are different; PnIFR in normal and in patients are different; The grade of patients' complaint of nasal obstruction is correlated with PnIFR; PnIFR in patients before and after using ephedrine are different.


CONCLUSIONS
PnIFR of one side nose can indicate the severity of nasal obstruction; RHAT-301 flow meter is convenient to measure PnIFR for clinical practice, and PnIFR of one side nose can indicate nasal patency; PnIFR of one side nose can indicate the effect of drugs on nasal airway resistance (NAR).
Li
Ningwei
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Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Cancer Center, Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510060.
Zhang
Xiangmin
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D004809:Ephedrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000502:physiology*; D025363:Rhinomanometry / Q000295:instrumentation
D004809:Ephedrine