Larutan pencuci hidung salin isotonis tidak terbukti mempercepat waktu transpor mukosilia pada pasien dengan rinosinusitis akut di RSUP Sanglah, Bali, Indonesia

Background: Mucociliary clearance is a significant element of the defence system of the entire respiratory tract. Impairment of the mucociliary clearance serves as a medium for sinonasal infections. Saline nasal irrigation is believed to alleviated rhinosinusitis symptoms by clearing excess mucus, reducing congestion and remove infectious materials from the inspired air. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of mucociliary transport time of isotonic saline nasal solutions in patients with acute rhinosinusitis. Methods: An experimental study using pre- and post-test with control group design was conducted in this study. Mucociliary transport time was measured by the saccharine test on 20 acute rhinosinusitis patients before and after 7 days’ treatment with intranasal isotonic saline solutions and standard therapy (ciprofloxacin, pseudoephedrine/ triprolidine, ambroxol) for the case group and standard treatment for the control group. Data were analysed using SPSS version 20 for Windows. Result: The average mucociliary transport time before therapy was 35.5±10.7 minutes and 29.2±7.7 minutes for the case group and control group, respectively. The average mucociliary transport time after therapy was 22.9±8.7 minutes and 18.0 ± 5.6 minutes for case group and control group, respectively. The mean difference mucociliary transport time before and after therapy was 11.0±7.5 minutes and 9.4±5.3 minutes for the case and control group, respectively (p=0.499). Conclusions: The addition of intranasal isotonic saline solutions in acute rhinosinusitis patients has the same effect of mucociliary transport time with oral medication with the antibiotic, decongestant, and mucolytic without intranasal isotonic saline solutions.