Single-breath nitric oxide measurements in asthmatic patients and smokers.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) concentrations were measured in asthmatic outpatients and in non-smoking and smoking healthy controls. In single exhalations, NO showed a peak suggestive of airway origin in both controls and asthmatic patients. The peak NO concentration was higher in asthmatic patients and lower in smokers than in non-smoking controls (p < 0.05). The findings support a role for NO in the host defence response in asthma and suggest that NO measurements can discriminate between different types of lung disorders.
Medical subject headings
- Asthma
- Nitric Oxide
- Smoking