<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Having an enormous importance not only in one’s quality of life, but also in one’s health and personal safety, the olfactory function assessment has begun to gain more and more interest amongst the ENT practitioners. However, at the moment, there is no worldwide accepted evaluation protocol available despite the fact that studies regarding smell disorders and their evaluation have been published all over the world. </p><p>The purpose of this article is to present the olfactory assessment methods practiced today not only in different clinics from Europe and the USA, but also in Romania, because we have recently started to study the olfactory function disturbances. Three of the most interesting clinical cases, assessed in our ENT Department of the “Sfanta Maria” Clinical Hospital between 2015 and 2016, will be discussed in the current paper.</p></abstract>

Having an enormous importance not only in one’s quality of life, but also in one’s health and personal safety, the olfactory function assessment has begun to gain more and more interest amongst the ENT practitioners. However, at the moment, there is no worldwide accepted evaluation protocol available despite the fact that studies regarding smell disorders and their evaluation have been published all over the world. The purpose of this article is to present the olfactory assessment methods practiced today not only in different clinics from Europe and the USA, but also in Romania, because we have recently started to study the olfactory function disturbances. Three of the most interesting clinical cases, assessed in our ENT Department of the “Sfanta Maria” Clinical Hospital between 2015 and 2016, will be discussed in the current paper.

Olfactometric assessment - where do we stand today?

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest

CESITO Centre, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, Bucharest

ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, 37-39 Ion Mihalache Blvd., District 1, Bucharest,

ENT&HNS Department, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital, Bucharest,

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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Having an enormous importance not only in one’s quality of life, but also in one’s health and personal safety, the olfactory function assessment has begun to...

Olfactometric assessment - where do we stand today?

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 209 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjr-2016-0025

Keywords
olfactometry, smell disorders, n-butanol, olfactory function, odor

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Olfactometric assessment - where do we stand today?

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 209 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjr-2016-0025

Keywordsolfactometry, smell disorders, n-butanol, olfactory function, odor

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
olfactometry, smell disorders, n-butanol, olfactory function, odor