[Comprehensive assessment of the respiratory function of nasal packs with airway tubes]. / Kompleksnaya otsenka respiratornoi funktsii «dyshashchikh¼ vnutrinosovykh tamponov.

Intranasal packs with breathing tubes are one of the possible methods of postoperative management of patients after endonasal surgery. The role of these devices is to provide the possibility of nasal breathing of patients to facilitate the course of the postoperative period. However, the possibility of providing proper nasal breathing with these devices has not been studied. The aim of the work is to study the calculated and clinical possibilities of nasal breathing when using intranasal packs with breathing tubes after endonasal surgical interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied packs with air tubes from two manufacturers: Medtronic and Spiggle & Theis. During the experimental part, measurements of the air tubes and their study using acoustic rhinometry were carried out. In the clinical part, there were two groups of patients with different types of tampons and control group of volunteers with normal nasal breathing, the total number of participants was 45 people. All patients of groups 1 and 2 underwent septoplasty, bilateral lower partial conchotomy. In the postoperative period, rhinomanometry, rhinoflowmetry, a study of the duration of nasal breathing, and a subjective assessment of nasal breathing were performed. RESULTS: According to measurements and acoustic rhinometry, the airway tubes of the tampons have a cross-sectional area that is more than 4 times smaller than the narrowest part of the nasal cavity in healthy volunteers. According to the results of a clinical study, the tampons in question are not able to provide a level of nasal breathing comparable to normal, even after clearing the lumen by a doctor. Medtronic packs provide somewhat better airway function due to the larger internal diameter of the tubes, but also do not create conditions for satisfactory nasal breathing. CONCLUSION: Improving the respiratory function of tampons in the future can be achieved by increasing the internal lumen of the breathing tubes while maintaining comfort of use.

[Peculiarities of the ENT-organ condition in hypothyroidism]. / Osobennosti sostoianiia LOR-organov pri gipotireoze.

BACKGROUND: The interrelationship of thyroid pathology and ENT organs is one of the least studied aspects of iodine deficiency diseases. Diseases of this localization are distinguished by a variety of their causes, high prevalence, a tendency to prolonged and chronic process, resistance to drug therapy and a negative effect on the quality of life of patients. AIM: To study the state of ENT organs in hypothyroidism in the iodine-deficient region of Eastern Siberia (Irkutsk Region). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The main group consisted of 302 patients with hypothyroidism, and the control group - 116 people without thyroid pathology. All patients who participated in the study were on replacement therapy (Levothyroxin). An objective study of the ENT organs was performed using an endoscope and a microscope. The SF-36 questionnaire was used to study the indicators of quality of life. A questionnaire was used to assess the symptoms of rhinitis, which provided clarification of the severity of symptoms on a visual analogue scale. RESULTS: Among patients with thyroid dysfunction, various changes characteristic of chronic pathology of the pharynx, larynx, and ear were found with almost the same frequency as among those examined without thyroid pathology. Chronic rhinitis in hypothyroidism is characterized by manifest edematous-hypertrophic changes in the turbinate, intense hyperemia of the nasal mucosa, the presence in the nasal passages of viscous, thick mucous discharge. The most important integral indicators of health components are physical (PH) and psychological (MH) patients with chronic rhinitis were reduced (50.6±1.96 and 53.0±2.08 respectively). CONCLUSION: The symptoms of rhinitis are leading in the structure of the pathology of the upper respiratory tract in hypothyroidism and have a significant negative impact on the patient's quality of life indicators.