rhinomanometry

Posterior rhinomanometry should be done by more experienced technicians and very good collaboration of the patient is essential.

Anterior rhinomanometry is more commonly used and it is often recommended for its easy technique.

Increased resistance on rhinomanometry after allergen application is an objective mean in proving allergy to airborne allergens when other allergy tests fail.

NPT may be monitored by clinical scores, rhinomanometry, acustic rhinometry, nasal smear cytology and/or spirometry.

Rhinomanometry can be used to test nasal patency in basal conditions in order to differentiate between anatomical and mucosal abnormalities by performing a test with a decongestant.

Rhinomanometry may be used to measure only one nostril at a time (anterior rhinomanometry) or both nostrils simultaneously (posterior rhinomanometry).

In anterior rhinomanometry, the patient is asked to blow his nose, sit in an upright position, and the pressure sensing tube is placed in one nostril while the contralateral nostril is left opened.

He was the first in Italy to study the physiology of the nose and contributed substantially to the discipline of rhinology introducing and standardizing methods of study such as rhinomanometry and mucociliary clearance.

These measurements correlate well with area measurements done by CT scans, nasal airway resistance measured by rhinomanometry, but they are sometimes unreliable in the posterior area and when the nasal area is congested.