Alteration of airflow and mucociliary transport in normal subjects.
The effect that variation of nasal airflow has on the mucociliary clearance was studied in healthy volunteers. The nasal saccharin particle clearance time was found to have an inverse relationship with the nasal airflow.
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D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance / Q000502:physiology*; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D012439:Saccharin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
D012439:Saccharin