Evaluation of optical rhinometry for nasal provocation testing in allergic and nonallergic subjects

Author:

Luong Amber1,Cheung Esther J.1,Citardi Martin J.1,Batra Pete S.2

Affiliation:

1. From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Texas Sinus Institute, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX

2. the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, TX.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Optical rhinometry is a new method that quantifies light extinction in optical density to assess nasal blood volume as a measure of nasal patency. The purpose of this study is to evaluate optical rhinometry as an objective evaluation of nasal patency using nasal provocation testing with histamine and oxymetazoline. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective pilot. SETTING: Academic tertiary rhinologic practice. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Convenience sample of five adult subjects with allergic rhinitis and five adult normal subjects who underwent challenge with histamine and oxymetazoline. Patients underwent challenge with increasing concentrations of histamine to determine the amount of histamine needed to cause a positive optical rhinometry reading. The same subjects then underwent histamine challenge with this amount followed by oxymetazoline. Nasal patency was assessed subjectively after each challenge with the visual analog scale. RESULTS: The median histamine amount needed to cause a positive response was statistically lower in allergic rhinitis as compared with nonallergic subjects at 150 μg and 300 μg, respectively ( P = 0.04). When comparing the optical rhinometry with subjective nasal congestion after histamine and oxymetazoline challenges, there was a statistically significant correlation with r = 0.79 ( P = 0.00003). CONCLUSION: This initial study demonstrates a correlation between subjective symptoms of nasal patency and objective measurements with the optical rhinometer. Less histamine amount necessary to incite nasal congestion in allergic rhinitis suggests that these patients may be primed to the effects of histamine. These preliminary data suggest that optical rhinometry is able to assess changes in nasal patency during challenges with histamine and oxymetazoline. © 2010 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. All rights reserved.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Otorhinolaryngology,Surgery

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