Takashi Oda, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Sachio Takeno, Tomohiro Kawasumi, Kota Takemoto, Manabu Nishida, Nobuyuki Chikuie, Yuichiro Horibe, Kakuhiro Yamaguchi, Shinjiro Sakamoto, Naoko Higaki, Takayuki Taruya, Yasushi Horimasu, Takeshi Masuda, Takao Hamamoto, Taku Nakashima, Takashi Ishino, Tsutomu Ueda, Kazunori Fujitaka, Hironobu Hamada, Noboru Hattori
Objectives : Olfactory dysfunction is a clinical sign that is important to detect with coexistent upper airway comorbidities in patients with asthma. This study aimed to investigate the etiology of olfactory dysfunction in patients with asthma and the relationship between fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) levels. Materials and Methods : This study included 47 asthma patients who were evaluated for olfactory dysfunction at Hiroshima University Hospital between 2012 and 2020. The etiologies of olfactory dysfunction were evaluated, and they were classified according to the FeNO levels of patients with asthma...
October 5, 2023: Medicina