Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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혈관운동성비염의 임상적 특징과 국소 Ipratropium Bromide의 치료 효과

박효진1,*, 김승태1, 임영한1, 노영수1
Hyo-Jin Park1,*, Seung-Tae Kim1, Young-Han Lim1, Young-Soo Rho1
1한림대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
*교신저자: 박효진, 134-701 서울 강동구 길동 445 한림대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 전화: (02) 2224-2279·전송: (02) 482-2279 E-mail: mccaffity@hanmail.net

© Copyright 2005 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Sep 01, 2005; Accepted: Oct 03, 2005

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Vasomotor rhinitis (VMR) has similar symptoms compared to the allergic rhinitis (AR). Many doctors still use the same AR medicine without exact diagnosis, even if the patient has VMR. The aims of this study are clinical feature of VMR and efficacy of intranasal ipratropium bromide. Materials and Method: The study was designed prospectively. The subjects consisted of 38 patients with VMR who had been treated between 2003 and 2004. Diagnostic criteria include rhinitis symptoms lasting more than 3 months, no eosinophilia in nasal smear test, and negative results for MAST and allergic skin test. The patients were treated with intranasal ipratropium bromide for 4 weeks and compared pre-treatment and post-treatment symptom scores. Results: Chief complaints of the patients was nasal obstruction, followed by rhinorrhea, sneezing, and itching. After treatment, the average symptom score of rhinorrhea was significantly improved from 1.5 to 0.5 (p<0.05) and 21 patients (84%) general symptom score was decreased. Conclusion: Ipratropium bromide is useful medicine for treatment of VMR, especially to control of rhinorrhea. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2005;16:235–239)

Keywords: 혈관운동성비염; Ipratropium bromide
Keywords: Vasomotor rhinitis; Ipratropium bromide