A study to assess the usefulness of a portable spirometer to quantify the severity of nasal septal deviation

Rhinology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Hanif, Junaid ^a   Jawad, Suhair S M ^a   Eccles, Ron ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nasal septum; Rhinomanometry; Septal surgery; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NOSE SPRAY; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; RHINOMANOMETRY; SPIROMETER; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; RHINOMANOMETRY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037344878     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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