Abstract |
Ninety-five patients with documented perennial allergic rhinitis have been treated with local hyperthermia of the nasal passages in a randomized double-blind trial. The treatment consisted of one series of three 30-min insufflations of humidified air at 43 degrees C at a 2-hr interval. In the active treatment group, 75% (P less than 0.00003) and 68% (P less than 0.00001) of the patients were free of symptoms 1 week and 1 month, respectively, after treatment, compared with a 28% and 17% response in the placebo group. We conclude that local hyperthermia is effective in the treatment of perennial allergic rhinitis.
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Authors | A Yerushalmi, S Karman, A Lwoff |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A)
Vol. 79
Issue 15
Pg. 4766-9
(Aug 1982)
ISSN: 0027-8424 [Print] United States |
PMID | 6750609
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hot Temperature
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial
(therapy)
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