Combined effects of a mechanical nasal dilator and a topical decongestant on nasal airflow resistance

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1514-1518

  Lorino, Anne Marie ^a   Lofaso, Frédéric ^a   Dahan, Estelle ^a   Coste, André ^a   Harf, Alain ^a   Lorino, Hubert ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Active posterior rhinometry; Nasal airflow resistance; Nasal mechanical dilator device; Topical decongestant

Indexed keywords

DECONGESTIVE AGENT; FENOXAZOLINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMETRY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033022804     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1514     Document Type: Article

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