Isabelle Meyts1, Marijke Proesmans1, Veerle Van Gerven2, Karel Hoppenbrouwers2, Kris De Boeck3. 1. Paediatric Pulmonology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. 2. Youth Health Care Centre, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Leuven, Belgium. 3. Paediatric Pulmonology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Christiane.DeBoeck@uz.kuleuven.ac.be.
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) is used as a non-invasive marker of airway inflammation. The aim of this study was to measure ENO in a pre-school population using a relatively novel method, the off-line tidal breathing method, and to investigate differences in ENO between subjects with different presentations of wheezing. ENO was measured in 129 children (median age 4.4 years, quartiles 4.0-4.8 years) through a mouth mask attached to a two-way valve with an expiratory resistance of 5 cm H(2)0. Mean tidal ENO concentration (tENO) was calculated from triplicate measurements. Mean +/- SEM tENO for 89 control subjects was 13+/-0.4 ppb (95%CI 11.8-13.7 ppb); this level was significantly different from tENO in 15 children with a history of recurrent wheezing (18.6+/-1.9 ppb; 95%CI 14.5-22.7 ppb; t-test P<0.0001). Mean tENO in 16 children with a single wheezing episode was 11.4+/-1.0 ppb (95%CI 9.2-13.6 ppb) and thus significantly different from the recurrent wheezing group (t-test P=0.0024). CONCLUSION: The off-line tidal breathing method is a feasible and appealing method for measuring exhaled nitric oxide in pre-school children. With this method, higher tidal exhaled nitric oxide levels were found in children with recurrent wheezing.
UNLABELLED: Exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) is used as a non-invasive marker of airway inflammation. The aim of this study was to measure ENO in a pre-school population using a relatively novel method, the off-line tidal breathing method, and to investigate differences in ENO between subjects with different presentations of wheezing. ENO was measured in 129 children (median age 4.4 years, quartiles 4.0-4.8 years) through a mouth mask attached to a two-way valve with an expiratory resistance of 5 cm H(2)0. Mean tidal ENO concentration (tENO) was calculated from triplicate measurements. Mean +/- SEM tENO for 89 control subjects was 13+/-0.4 ppb (95%CI 11.8-13.7 ppb); this level was significantly different from tENO in 15 children with a history of recurrent wheezing (18.6+/-1.9 ppb; 95%CI 14.5-22.7 ppb; t-test P<0.0001). Mean tENO in 16 children with a single wheezing episode was 11.4+/-1.0 ppb (95%CI 9.2-13.6 ppb) and thus significantly different from the recurrent wheezing group (t-test P=0.0024). CONCLUSION: The off-line tidal breathing method is a feasible and appealing method for measuring exhaled nitric oxide in pre-school children. With this method, higher tidal exhaled nitric oxide levels were found in children with recurrent wheezing.
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