Single breath N2-test and exhaled nitric oxide in men

ATS workshop proceedings: exhaled nitric oxide and nitric oxide oxidative metabolism in exhaled breath condensate.

The field of noninvasive assessment of airway inflammation has developed rapidly since the discoveries in the late 1980s that nitric oxide (NO) is a central biological mediator and, in 1991, that exhaled breath contained NO (1). Accompanying this was the realization that asthma is an inflammatory airway syndrome, best treated by antiinflammatory agents. Subsequently, exhaled NO was found to be ...

Clinical Policy Bulletin: Breath Tests of Airway Inflammation: Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Condensate pH

Exhaled single-breath nitric oxide measurements are reproducible, repeatable and reflect levels of nitric oxide found in the lower airways.

Measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) may allow noninvasive assessment of inflammatory disease in the lung. We determined immediate and day-to-day reproducibility of single-breath NO measurements at different points on the exhaled test, and whether levels recorded reflect levels of NO in the lower airways. Using a rapid chemiluminescence analyser, 55 healthy control subjects performed three ...

Comparison of single-breath and tidal breathing exhaled nitric oxide levels in infants.

The aim of this study was to compare two different methods, tidal breathing (TB) and single-breath (SB), for measuring fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) in infants. FENO was measured in 71 infants with either recurrent wheeze (n=32), recurrent cough (n=16) or no symptoms (healthy, n=23) using both methods. For TB measurements five breaths were collected into a gas sampling bag (off-line re...

Exhaled breath condensate pH and exhaled nitric oxide in allergic asthma and in cystic fibrosis.

BACKGROUND It has been proposed that the pH of airway lining fluid may regulate the fractional exhaled concentration of nitric oxide (Fe(NO)) in respiratory disease. METHODS Fe(NO), exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH, and EBC concentrations of nitrite plus nitrate (NO2/NO3) were compared in 12 subjects with stable asthma, 18 with stable cystic fibrosis (CF), and 15 healthy control subjects. E...