EVALUATION OF NASAL FUNCTION IN CHILDREN

Nasal functional investigation is not yet widely used in France in ast hmatic children and children suffering from persistent non-infectious rhinitis refractory to treatment. The use of clinical scores, measurem ent of nasal obstruction by rhinomanometry, and tests for eosinophilia in correctly collected nasal secretions, allow a better approach to t he diagnosis and treatment of these forms of rhinitis, the frequency a nd socio-economic repercussions of which are regulare increasing in in dustrialized countries.