Exhaled Breath Condensate
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Predictive models of ethanol concentrations in simulated exhaled breath and exhaled breath condensate under varied sampling conditions
... tests, breath moni- toring offers several advantages—it is noninvasive, of- fers a low risk of infection, repeatable, and convenient for long-term clinical ...monitoring. Breath monitoring is carried out by ...
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Exhaled breath condensate: a novel matrix for biological monitoring to assess occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica
... Biological monitoring (BM) is a useful way of determining overall exposures to chemical substances; however, in the case of respirable crystalline silica (RCS), this has not been analytically feasible in conventional ...
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Aspergillus spp. colonization in exhaled breath condensate of lung cancer patients from Puglia Region of Italy
... This was a preliminary study that aimed to analyse the incidence and nature of fungal colonization in lung can- cer patients from Region Puglia of Italy. For the first time to our knowledge, we tested fungal microbioma ...
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Safety and Yield of Exhaled Breath Condensate Analysis in Acutely Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Infants with RSV Bronchiolitis
... Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) analysis is a rapidly growing field of research and may be a useful non-invasive technique to evaluate lung ...provide exhaled breath ...
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The simultaneous detection of trivalent & hexavalent chromium in exhaled breath condensate: A feasibility study comparing workers and controls
... This is the first study to report the detection and measurement of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in ‘real’ exhaled breath condensate (EBC) sam- ples of volunteers. The analytical method outlined in this ...
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Dynamics of lipid peroxidation in the exhaled breath condensate in healthy people during hypo- and hyperosmolar bronchial provocation tests
... the exhaled breath condensate (EBC) as well as the degree of lipid oxidation in healthy persons before and after executing of bronchial provocation tests with osmotic stimulus had been ...
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Original Article Clinical significance of miRNA21 in exhaled breath condensate of non-small-cell lung cancer
... Exhaled breath condensate (EBC), which is directly obtained from the respiratory tract and lungs, contains liquids secreted by mucous membranes as well as mixtures of volatile mol- ecules [3], which ...
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Serum and exhaled breath condensate inflammatory cytokines in community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study
... technique, exhaled breath condensate (EBC) has been recently used to evaluate non-invasive inflammatory patterns in some respiratory diseases [11, 12], not in- cluding ...
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Endothelin-1 in exhaled breath condensate of allergic asthma patients with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
... in exhaled breath condensate (EBC), collecting by cooling exhaled air – noninvasive procedure, easily performed and effort independent, a rapid method for obtaining samples from the lower ...
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Original Article Clinical value of exhaled breath condensate let-7 in non-small cell lung cancer
... between exhaled breath condensate (EBC) let-7 and NSCLC diagnosis and clinicopathologic characteristics was investigated in order to explore non-invasive simple technological therapeutic ...
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Exhaled breath condensate cysteinyl leukotrienes and airway remodeling in childhood asthma: a pilot study
... hypothesis has now begun to be questioned. Structural changes of remodeling have been found in childhood [1- 3] and recently it has been shown that reticular basement membrane (RBM) thickening, a characteristic feature ...
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A Review of the Usefulness of Non-invasive Exhaled Breath Condensate pH Analysis for Diseases Diagnosis with Elements of Meta-analysis: An Update from 2012
... Abstract: Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) sample analysis is an entirely non-invasive novel sample collection method that is fast, easy to perform, and effort-appeared ...of condensate ...
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Measurement of tumor necrosis factor-α, leukotriene B4, and interleukin 8 in the exhaled breath condensate in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... AECOPD. Exhaled breath condensate (EBC) analysis has been developed in recent years as a novel tool to sample the lower airway lining fl uid (Effros et al 2004; Hunt 2002; Montuschi and Barnes 2002; ...
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Method optimization and validation for the simultaneous determination of arachidonic acid metabolites in exhaled breath condensate by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
... Our developed method allows for a sensitive, specific and reliable determination of leukotriens and prostaglandins in EBC, thus avoiding sources of errors due to the applica- tion of automated sample pre-treatment steps. ...
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Original Article Clinical significance of TGF-β1 in exhaled breath condensate and serum from patients with non-small cell lung cancer
... [15] Carpagnano GE, Foschino-Barbaro MP, Mulé G, Resta O, Tommasi S, Mangia A, Carpagnano F, Stea G, Susca A, Di Gioia G, De Lena M, Para- diso A. 3p microsatellite alterations in exhaled breath ...
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Original Article Correlation between nitric oxide content in exhaled breath condensate and the severity of acute respiratory distress syndrome
... Abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) can induce necrosis and detachment of branchial epithelium, aggregate inflammation and induce acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The detection of NO in exhaled breath ...
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Changes in PH in exhaled breath condensate after specific bronchial challenge test in patients with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a prospective study
... becoming increasingly common [8]. The study of induced sputum cellularity or of biomarkers in exhaled breath or exhaled breath condensate has proven useful in the evalu- ation of ...
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Hydrogen peroxide release and acid-base status in exhaled breath condensate at rest and after maximal exercise in young, healthy subjects
... [30] Heinicke I, Boehler A, Rechsteiner T, Bogdanova A, Jelk- mann W, Hofer M, Rawlings P, Araneda OF, Behn C, Gassmann M. Moderate altitude but not additional en- durance training increases markers of oxidative stress ...
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Comparison of exhaled breath condensate pH using two commercially available devices in healthy controls, asthma and COPD patients
... The accessibility of the respiratory system compared with the internal organs provides a unique opportunity for non-invasive assessment of inflammation present in most respiratory diseases. Non-invasive techniques for ...
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Original Article Could detection of VEGF in exhaled breath condensate be more helpful for non-small cell lung cancer?
... [11] Brussino L, Culla B, Bucca C, Giobbe R, Boita M, Isaia G, Heffler E, Oliaro A, Filosso P, Rolla G. Inflammatory cytokines and VEGF mea- sured in exhaled breath condensate are corre- lated with ...
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