Nosova Y. Methods and tools of determination of respiratory-olfactory disorders

In the absence of modern evidence-based methods of olfactometry, it is advisable to develop methods and means of respiratory and olfactory disorders. The dissertation is devoted to the solution of a specific scientific problem - the development of methods and means for the objective determination of respiratory and olfactory disorders. Based on the study of the aerodynamics of the nose at the micro level a method has been developed for determining the laminar boundary layer of the air flow in the upper respiratory tract, which makes it possible, by studying the thickness of the near-wall air flow relative to the unevenness of the mucous membrane, to determine the pathological regions of the nasal cavity in different breathing patterns. A method and means for objective diagnosis of respiratory and olfactory disorders have been developed, which allow, by determining the energy characteristics of nasal breathing under the action of various odorivectors, to determine the corresponding thresholds of olfactory sensitivity at an evidence-based level. The improved method for determining the threshold of olfactory sensitivity allows to increase the objectivity of diagnosing olfactory sensitivity disorders or respiratory olfactory disorders by analyzing the shape of the cycloramas of nasal breathing.