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Aerosol medicine exhalation through the nose (ETN) is one of promising and comprehensive treatment methods for Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis (ECRS) with asthma. In this treatment, the patient inhales aerosol of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medicine from mouth using portable inhaler. Then a part of the aerosol still floats and remains in upper airway. When the patient exhales inhaled air through the nose, the aerosol is effectively transported on the walls of middle meatus and olfactory fissure. This study performed Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for the transport phenomena of aerosol medicine during exhalation period in order to evaluate the curative effect of ETN numerically. As a result of CFD analysis, ETN formed impinging flow toward upper wall of nasopharynx, subsequently complex swirl and circulation flow in the nasopharynx region. In addition, main flow of ETN passed upper region of nasal cavity. Such the tendencies affected on aerosol transport characteristics; a part of aerosol particles moved into ethmoindal sinuses.
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Yamamoto, T., Kobayashi, Y., Shikano, S., Takeyama, M., Asako, M., Tomoda, K. (2017). Flow Visualization for Nasal Cavity Flow in Aerosol Exhalation Through Nose Treatment. In: Goh, J., Lim, C., Leo, H. (eds) The 16th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 61. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4220-1_11
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