Nasal Lavage
Increased Interleukin-6 Levels in Nasal Lavage Samples following Experimental Influenza A Virus Infection
... study, nasal lavage sample IL-6 and IL-4 concentra- tions, symptom scores, and nasal secretion weights were mea- sured for adult subjects experimentally exposed to a different strain of influenza A ...
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Nasal lavage natural killer cell function is suppressed in smokers after live attenuated influenza virus
... in two groups: Group 1 = nonsmokers not regularly exposed to secondhand smoke (nonsmokers who neither live nor work with active smokers) and Group 2 = self- described active cigarette smokers. Informed consent was ...
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Local Allergic Rhinitis in Pediatric Patients: is IgE Dosage in Nasal Lavage Fluid a Usefull Diagnostic Method in Children?
... the nasal provocation test that is not everywhere avalaible and difficult to apply in ...the nasal lavage fluid IgE as a biomarker of LAR in ...to nasal lavage using 2 ml/nostril of ...
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Clara cell protein in nasal lavage fluid and nasal nitric oxide - biomarkers with anti-inflammatory properties in allergic rhinitis
... in nasal lavage fluid [NLF] [4], only a few studies on nasal levels have been ...between nasal CC16 levels and symptoms and signs of rhinitis were observed after allergen-challenge ...the ...
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Psoriasin, one of several new proteins identified in nasal lavage fluid from allergic and non-allergic individuals using 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry
... Combining 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) with mass spectrometry (MS) have recently emerged as a method for identifying proteins in different biological samples. In short, proteins are separated in the first ...
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Dynamics of soluble and cellular inflammatory markers in nasal lavage obtained from Cystic Fibrosis patients during intravenous antibiotic treatment
... Additionally, no changes in the expression levels of NE, which was detected for the first time in NLF, were observed during the applied therapeutic intervention. Also TNF, MPO, IL-8 and IL-1β remained unchanged during 6 ...
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Sputum and nasal lavage lung-specific biomarkers before and after smoking cessation
... Secondly, nasal lavage samples the nose and sputum induction samples primarily the lumen of the central ...and nasal lavage changes in lung-specific biomarkers do not necessarily reflect ...
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Rhinosinusitis in COPD: symptoms, mucosal changes, nasal lavage cells and eicosanoids
... with nasal lavage cells, specifically there were no correlations between NAL neutrophils and LTB4 or 8-IP (neutrophils are a source of reactive oxygen species and neutrophillic inflammation is linked to ...
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<p>In vitro safety and performance evaluation of a seawater solution enriched with copper, hyaluronic acid, and eucalyptus for nasal lavage</p>
... contribute to wound healing by serving as a scaffold. 32 Moreover, in acute rhinosinusitis patients, it has been shown that hyaluronic acid signi fi cantly improves disease symptoms, mucociliary transport evaluation time ...
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High Rates of Detection of Respiratory Viruses in the Nasal Washes and Mucosae of Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis
... controls. Nasal lavage fluids and turbinate epithelial cells were collected prospectively from 111 CRS patients and 50 ...of lavage samples and in ...in lavage and ...in lavage samples ...
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Frequency and clinical relevance of human bocavirus infection in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... and nasal lavage samples from 212 hospitalized COPD patients, 141 with acute exacerbation and 71 with stable disease, had been obtained in a case-control setup in a 2:1 ...and nasal lavage ...
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Expression of Toll-like Receptor 9 in nose, peripheral blood and bone marrow during symptomatic allergic rhinitis
... and nasal lavage fluid were obtained from 11 patients with symptomatic allergic rhinitis during either the birch pollen (5 patients) or the grass pollen season (6 ...sneezing, nasal secretion and ...
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Assessment of respiratory tract inflammatory marker with overnight use of mosquito repellent in copd patient and normal individual
... on nasal mucosa as the nose takes most of the inhalation load as a first level of ...of nasal stuffiness on using overnight mosquito ...significant nasal mucosal inflammation on single overnight ...
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Clinical and biochemical effects of a combination botanical product (ClearGuard™) for allergy: a pilot randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
... of nasal allergy symptoms ...flow, nasal lavage inflammatory mediator bioassays) effects of a combina- tion of Spanish needles powder, cinnamon extract, and acerola extract, upon early and late-phase ...
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427233c54f7b1abdc4e7441e20524cfbd24903a8.pdf
... the nasal mucosa by nasal lavage (NL), or irriga- tion of the nasal passage with isotonic saline, has emerged as the current noninvasive standard for collection of soluble markers in ...
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Presence of Respiratory Viruses in Middle Ear Fluids and Nasal Wash Specimens From Children With Acute Otitis Media
... Presence of Viruses in Middle Ear Fluid of Patients With Acute Otitis Media in Relation to Viruses in Nasal Lavage Fluid. Virus Middle %[r] ...
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Associations of airway inflammation and responsiveness markers in non asthmatic subjects at start of apprenticeship
... This paper presents baseline descriptive data on respi- ratory health and operation in non-asthmatic apprentices recently recruited for training in occupations subject to asthma risk. In particular, we have tried to ...
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Local cytokines and clinical symptoms in children with allergic rhinitis after different treatments
... in nasal lavage fluid from children with allergic rhinitis after different types of pharmacologic treatment (mometasone, montelukast, or ...weeks: nasal corticosteroid (mometasone), leukotriene ...
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Role of gastric lavage and broncho-alveolar lavage in the bacteriological diagnosis of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis
... bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in 50 consecutive HIV – negative patients with clinical and radiographic findings suggestive of PTB, but with negative microscopy for ...
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Comparison of GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay in Broncho Alveolar Lavage and Gastric Lavage Samples
... Gastric lavage (GL) and Broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) sam- ples in adult patients suspected case of Tuberculosis but not producing ...gastric lavage followed by Broncho-alveolar lavage in the ...
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