| Autor: |
Rutgers, [No Value], Meijer, RJ, Kerstjens, HAM, van der Mark, TW, Koeter, GH, Postma, DS |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC) |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
European Respiratory Journal, 12(4), 816-819. EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD |
| ISSN: |
0903-1936 |
| Popis: |
Nitric oxide (NO) can be measured in exhaled air with the single-breath (SB) and tidal-breathing (TB) methods, To allow comparison between different laboratories, a European Respiratory Society task force recently reported guidelines for standardization of both methods. To facilitate comparison between laboratories further, this study investigated whether there is a difference between NO values measured with SE and TB methods in subjects with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and in healthy subjects. Moreover, the differences between groups were studied and the influence of smoking in asthma was assessed. Sixteen atopic nonsmoking asthmatics, 16 atopic currently smoking asthmatics, 16 nonatopic nonsmoking healthy controls, 16 nonatopic exsmokers with COPD and 16 nonatopic exsmoking healthy controls were studied. NO concentrations differed substantially between both methods. Mean NO concentrations were higher with the SE than with the TB method in nonsmoking and in smoking asthmatics and especially so with the higher NO values. Furthermore, NO values with both methods were higher in nonsmoking asthmatics than in nonsmoking healthy subjects, NO was not significantly different between exsmokers with COPD and healthy exsmokers, In conclusion nitric oxide values of the single-breath and tidal-breathing methods are not interchangeable. Both methods can be used to measure differences between groups. |
| Databáze: |
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