Analysis of Single-breath Profiles of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children with Allergy and Asthma: Guideline-derived Plateau Concentrations Compared to Results of Automatic Evaluation by Two Analyzers

References

• Berlyne G S, Parameswaran K, Kamada D, Efthimiadis A, Hargreave F E. A comparison of exhaled nitric oxide and induced sputum as markers of airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000; 106: 638–644
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Piacentini G L, Bodini A, Costella S, Vicentini L, Mazzi P, Sperandio S, Boner A L. Exhaled nitric oxide and sputum eosinophil markers of inflammation in asthmatic children. Eur Respir J 1999; 13: 1386–1390
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lex C, Ferreira F, Zacharasiewicz A, Nicholson A G, Haslam P L, Wilson N M, Hansel T T, Payne D N, Bush A. Airway eosinophilia in children with severe asthma: predictive values of noninvasive tests. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 174: 1286–1291
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mattes J, Storm van's Gravesande K, Reining U, Alving K, Ihorst G, Henschen M, Kuehr J. NO in exhaled air is correlated with markers of eosinophilic airway inflammation in corticosteroid-dependent childhood asthma. Eur Respir J 1999; 13: 1391–1395
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pijnenburg M W, Hofhuis W, Hop W C, De Jongste J C. Exhaled nitric oxide predicts asthma relapse in children with clinical asthma remission. Thorax 2005; 60: 215–218
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harkins M S, Fiato K, Iwamoto G K. Exhaled nitric oxide predicts asthma exacerbation. J Asthma 2004; 41: 471–476
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith A D, Cowan J O, Brassett K P, Filsell S, McLachlan C, Monti-Sheehan G, Peter Herbison G, Taylor D R. Exhaled nitric oxide: a predictor of steroid response. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 172: 453–459
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taylor D R, Pijnenburg M W, Smith A D, De Jongste J C. Exhaled nitric oxide measurements: clinical application and interpretation. Thorax 2006; 61: 817–827
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pijnenburg M WH, De Jongste J C. Exhaled nitric oxide in childhood asthma: a review. Clin Exp Allergy 2008; 38: 246–259
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anonymous. ATS/ERS Recommendations for Standardized Procedures for the Online and Offline Measurement of Exhaled Lower Respiratory Nitric Oxide and Nasal Nitric Oxide, 2005. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 171: 912–930
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention, Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). 2007, Available from: http://www.ginasthma.org
   Google Scholar
• Vahlkvist S, Sinding M, Skamstrup K, Bisgaard H. Daily home measurements of exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children during natural birch pollen exposure. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 117: 1272–1276
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• American Thoracic Society. Standardization of spirometry 1994 update. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 152: 1107–1136
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bland J M, Altman D G. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet 1986; 1: 307–10
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alving K, Janson C, Nordvall L. Performance of a new hand-held device for exhaled nitric oxide measurement in adults and children. Respir Res 2006; 7: 67
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McGill C, Malik G, Turner S W. Validation of a hand-held exhaled nitric oxide analyzer for use in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2006; 41: 1053–1057
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khalili B, Boggs P B, Bahna S L. Reliability of a new hand-held device for the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide. Allergy 2007; 62: 1171–1174
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen W, Purohit A, Barnig C, Casset A, de Blay F. Niox and Niox Mino: comparison of exhaled NO in grass pollen allergic adult volunteers. Allergy 2007; 62: 571–572
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Menzies D, Nair A, Lipworth B J. Portable exhaled nitric oxide measurement: Comparison with the “gold standard” technique. Chest 2007; 131: 410–414
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Borrill Z, Clough D, Truman N, Morris J, Langley S, Singh D. A comparison of exhaled nitric oxide measurements performed using three different analysers. Respir Med 2006; 100: 1392–1396
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Napier E, Turner S W. Methodological issues related to exhaled nitric oxide measurement in children aged four to six years. Pediatr Pulmonol 2005; 40: 97–104
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kharitonov S A, Gonio F, Kelly C, Meah S, Barnes P J. Reproducibility of exhaled nitric oxide measurements in healthy and asthmatic adults and children. Eur Respir J 2003; 21: 433–438
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pijnenburg M W, Floor S E, Hop W C, De Jongste J C. Daily ambulatory exhaled nitric oxide measurements in asthma. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2006; 17: 189–193
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar