I was reading through a textbook on clinical procedures and I came across “checking patency of nostrils”. The technique they use is to place a microscope slide in front of one nostril, holding the patients mouth closed and letting him breathe onto the slide. They repeat it with a new slide for each nostril and compare the fogging. Has anyone used this technique for evaluating air movement? In all my years in veterinary medicine I’ve never seen this done, any thoughts.
I was reading through a textbook on clinical procedures and I came across “checking patency of nostrils”. The technique they use is to place a microscope slide in front of one nostril, holding the patients mouth closed and letting him breathe onto the slide. They repeat it with a new slide for each nostril and compare the fogging. Has anyone used this technique for evaluating air movement? In all my years in veterinary medicine I’ve never seen this done, any thoughts.
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I have only ever heard of
I have only ever heard of something similar to this when checking to make sure a human patient was still alive by holding up a mirror to their nose to “see” them breathing. An interesting concept. I wonder was the technique to assess airflow in regards to congestion, nasal obstruction, or to compare notes before and after a procedure such as a nasal scope or stenotic nares trim back procedure?
I have only ever heard of
I have only ever heard of something similar to this when checking to make sure a human patient was still alive by holding up a mirror to their nose to “see” them breathing. An interesting concept. I wonder was the technique to assess airflow in regards to congestion, nasal obstruction, or to compare notes before and after a procedure such as a nasal scope or stenotic nares trim back procedure?
The modified Glatzel mirror
The modified Glatzel mirror is what it is called (in human medicine) and you can measure how far the fogging reaches each curvature on the mirror to assess nasal patency.
The modified Glatzel mirror
The modified Glatzel mirror is what it is called (in human medicine) and you can measure how far the fogging reaches each curvature on the mirror to assess nasal patency.
I usually occlude one nostril
I usually occlude one nostril at a time and then feel the movement of air against my cheek. The slide technique is more time consuming and no better than actual feeling the air movement.
I usually occlude one nostril
I usually occlude one nostril at a time and then feel the movement of air against my cheek. The slide technique is more time consuming and no better than actual feeling the air movement.
The article was checking to
The article was checking to see if each nostril was patent.
The article was checking to
The article was checking to see if each nostril was patent.