Rinometria acústica, rinomanometria computadorizada e espirometria de doentes asmáticos com sintomas de rinite pré e pós-curso de corticóide oral

Abstract

Introduction: Asthma and rhinitis frequently coexist in the same patient. It may exist a specific condition witch affects the general respiratory activity and also able to produce symptoms into upper and/ or lower airways.Purpose: To analyze the alteration and functional burst of upper and lower airways before and after oral corticoid.Methods: From July of 2000 to August of 2002, sixteen (69 % was female), acute asthmatics patients with rhinitis symptom assisted in the pneumology department, were analyzed through cross-sectional study using: symptoms questionnaire, physical examination, radiogram, spirometry, acoustic rhinometry, and rhinomanometry.Results: Sixteen patients presented compromising symptoms of the upper airways. In the spirometry, FEV1, FEV1 /FVC e FEF, presented major statistically differences. The acoustic rhinometry 25-75% presented important statistical differences in the minimal cross- sectional area 1 e 2 in the left side and total nasal volume, after medicine intervention.Conclusions: The functional evaluations upon lower and upper airways, improvements in FEV1, FEV1 / FVC e FEF, were observed through spirometry 25-75% and total nasal volume, analyzing the acoustic rhinometry after oral corticoid.Rev Port Pneumol 2005; XI (1): 35-46