The Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Nasal Airflow
Authors:
M. Plášek 1,2; M. Bojko 3; M. Masárová 1,2; P. Matoušek 1,2; Pavel Komínek 1,2
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika otorinolaryngologie a chirurgie hlavy a krku, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava
1; Katedra kraniofaciálních oborů, Lékařská fakulta, Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě
2; Katedra hydromechaniky a hydraulických zařízení, Fakulta strojní, Vysoká škola báňská, Technická univerzita Ostrava
3
Published in:
Otorinolaryngol Foniatr, 67, 2018, No. 4, pp. 113-118.
Category:
Review Article
Overview
The physiological nasal airflow with low resistance and low level of turbulences is necessary for normal nasal breathing. Pathological conditions (e.g. septal deviation/perforation) cause elevation of nasal resistance that patients feel like nasal obstruction. The nasal obstruction worsens quality of life. There are some possibilities how to simulate and study nasal airflow - mechanic models or computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Nowadays, CFD is dominant method for simulating nasal airflow. There is a potential to apply aerodynamic information to clinical rhinology and rhinosurgery.
Keywords
nasal airflow, computational fluid dynamics, laminar/turbulent airflow
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