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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2017 Jan 9;238:23–32. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2017.01.004

Table 1.

Percentage difference (see Equation (1)) between the results of Methods 1 and 2 in the 5 NAO patients on which both methods were performed.

CFD VARIABLE PATIENT
1
PATIENT
2
PATIENT
3
PATIENT
4
PATIENT
5
NASAL RESISTANCE 0.4 % 7.6 % 5.0 % 6.9 % 0.7 %
FLOWRATE 2.2 % 3.6 % 1.4 % 0.1 % 0.8 %
HEAT FLUX 0.0 % 2.4 % 0.6 % 6.7 % 0.4 %
SAHF50 0.3 % 3.5 % 4.4 % 1.7 % 0.1 %

Abbreviations: SAHF50 = Unilateral surface area stimulated by mucosal cooling, defined as the mucosa surface area where heat fluxes exceed 50 W/m2.