Diagnosis of Nasal Airway Obstruction

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-225

  Chandra, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Patadia, Monica Oberoi ^a   Raviv, Joey ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic rhinometry; Chronic sinusitis; Cottle maneuver; Deviated septum; Inferior turbinate; Nasal airflow; Nasal endoscopy; Nasal obstruction; Nasal polyps; Nasal valve; Rhinomanometry

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE INJURY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; ODIOSOFT RHINO TECHNIQUE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY; RHINOSCLEROMA; SARCOIDOSIS; SELF MEDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TURBINATE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINOMETRY, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 62849116303     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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