Open AccessOral and intranasal steroid treatments improve nasal patency and paradoxically increase nasal nitric oxide in patients with severe nasal polyposis
Author(s) -
Isam Alobid,
Pedro Benítez,
A. Valero,
R.M. Bellido Muñoz,
C.G. Langdon,
J. Mullol
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin10.140
Subject(s) - medicine , nasal administration , acoustic rhinometry , nasal cavity , budesonide , nose , anesthesia , nostril , corticosteroid , surgery , pharmacology
Recently, we demonstrated that acoustic rhinometry (AR) measurements correlated with nasal cavity volumes in patients with nasal polyposis (NP). The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether AR and nasal nitric oxide (nNO) are useful methods in monitoring and follow-up of medical treatment of NP.