鼻腔通気度検査についてのアンケート調査結果

Abstract

Information on rhinomanometry was obtained through questionnaires send to 2, 191 otorhinolaryngologist in the Japan Rhinologic Society June 1, 2000 with answers from 1, 236 within 1 month -a 56.4% response. About half have rhinomanometers in their hospital or clinic. Though many use the rhinomanometer as a clinical test, 17.0% of them did not. They mainly conducted rhinomanometry in patients with allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, septal deviation, nasal polyposis, and sleep apnea. They also used it to assess nasal airway resistance in patients who reporting nasal obstruction but whose rhinoscopic findings were almost normal. Rhinomanometry was used for clinical evaluation of nasal obstruction both in surgical and in conservative treatment of nasal disease. The period between the diagnosis of nasal disease and surgical treatment was over 1 month for 81.6% of doctors. Moreover 93.5% answered that rhinomanometry must be done over 1 month after the surgery. Eighty three per cent of the doctors considered that rhinomanometry was useful in the diagnosis of nasal obstruction. These results strongly suggest that rhinomanometry is essential for otorhinolaryngologist in clinical evaluation of nasal obstruction associated with many nasal diseases.