SINGLE-BREATH NITRIC-OXIDE MEASUREMENTS IN ASTHMATIC-PATIENTS AND SMOKERS

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作者
PERSSON, MG
ZETTERSTROM, O
AGRENIUS, V
IHRE, E
GUSTAFSSON, LE
机构
[1] KAROLINSKA INST,DEPT PHYSIOL,S-17177 STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN
[2] KAROLINSKA INST,INST ENVIRONM SCI,S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60,SWEDEN
[3] KAROLINSKA HOSP,DEPT THORAC MED,S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60,SWEDEN
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10.1016/S0140-6736(94)90935-0
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
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.
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