The single-breath method was originally proposed by Kim et al. [1] for estimating the blood carbon dioxide tension and cardiac output. Its reliability has not been proven. The present study was undertaken, using dogs, to compare the mixed venous carbon dioxide tension (PVCO2) calculated by the single-breath method with the PVCO2 measured in mixed venous blood, and to evaluate the influence of v...

We tested possible intrapersonal effects of a sigh as a psychological "resetter/rebooter." Fifty-eight undergraduates were randomly assigned to a sigh or a normal exhalation (control) group. We asked participants on each task to model the experimenter demonstrating how to exhale air into a small plastic bag for breathing manipulation under the pretext that we were interested in the exhaled gas ...

The radon area exhalation rate and mass of the soil samples collected from five different depths surface with 20 cm intervals a construction site at Kütahya, Turkey was determined by using E-Perm detectors. Accumulator method is used to determine concentration samples. Radon were measured between 34 ± 4.4 Bq.m-3 86 6.8 an average value 48.6 5.1 for days analysis time. calculated 163.7 21.3 413....

As the field of exhaled breath research is expanding, the question that arises is can the old usual method of spirometry be used in all cases? The answer is yes for some analysation methods and definitely not for others: it all depends on the result you are looking for. Exhaled breath condensate collection can be accomplished with silent tidal breathing, but not in the analysation of the amount...

We describe a method for the collection of expired air and further document the performance of our analytical technique that is used to measure ethane and pentane simultaneously. Four minutes of breathing hydrocarbon-free air before collection effectively removed high concentrations of residual ambient ethane and pentane from the lungs, with washout times up to 30 min resulting in no further re...