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@ARTICLE{Barker:50124,
author = {Barker, M. and Hengst, M. and Schmid, J. and Buers, H.-J.
and Mittermaier, B. and Klemp, D. and Koppmann, R.},
title = {{V}olatile organic compounds in the exhaled breath of young
patients with cystic fibrosis},
journal = {European respiratory journal},
volume = {27},
issn = {0903-1936},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {ERS},
reportid = {PreJuSER-50124},
pages = {929 - 936},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Inflammatory mediators in the exhaled breath are receiving
growing medical interest as noninvasive disease markers.
Volatile organic compounds have been investigated in this
context, but clinical information and methodological
standards are limited. The levels of ethane, propane,
n-pentane, methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, acetone, isoprene,
benzene, toluene, dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and limonene were
measured in repeated breath samples from 20 cystic fibrosis
patients and 20 healthy controls (aged 8-29 yrs). Three
end-exhaled and one ambient air sample were collected per
person and analysed on a customised gas chromatography
system. Intra-subject coefficients of variation ranged
between 9 and $34\%,$ and hydrocarbon breath levels were
influenced by their inspired concentrations. The alveolar
gradient for pentane was higher in cystic fibrosis patients
than in healthy controls (0.36 versus 0.21 ppb) and
inversely proportional to forced expiratory volume in one
second; highest values were observed in patients with
pulmonary exacerbations (0.73 versus 0.24 ppb). Cystic
fibrosis patients also exhibited a lower output of DMS (3.9
versus 7.6 ppb). Group differences were not significant for
ethane and the remaining substances. It was concluded that
chemical breath analysis for volatile organic compounds is
feasible and may hold potential for the noninvasive
diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory processes in cystic
fibrosis lung disease.},
keywords = {2-Propanol: metabolism / Acetone: metabolism / Adolescent /
Adult / Benzene: metabolism / Breath Tests / Butadienes:
metabolism / Child / Cyclohexenes: metabolism / Cystic
Fibrosis: metabolism / Ethane: metabolism / Ethanol:
metabolism / Exhalation / Female / Hemiterpenes: metabolism
/ Humans / Male / Methanol: metabolism / Pentanes:
metabolism / Propane: metabolism / Sulfides: metabolism /
Terpenes: metabolism / Toluene: metabolism / Butadienes (NLM
Chemicals) / Cyclohexenes (NLM Chemicals) / Hemiterpenes
(NLM Chemicals) / Pentanes (NLM Chemicals) / Sulfides (NLM
Chemicals) / Terpenes (NLM Chemicals) / Toluene (NLM
Chemicals) / pentane (NLM Chemicals) / limonene (NLM
Chemicals) / Ethanol (NLM Chemicals) / Methanol (NLM
Chemicals) / 2-Propanol (NLM Chemicals) / Acetone (NLM
Chemicals) / Benzene (NLM Chemicals) / Ethane (NLM
Chemicals) / Propane (NLM Chemicals) / dimethyl sulfide (NLM
Chemicals) / isoprene (NLM Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-II / ZB},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB48 / I:(DE-Juel1)ZB-20090406},
pnm = {Atmosphäre und Klima},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK406},
shelfmark = {Respiratory System},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:16455833},
UT = {WOS:000237237100013},
doi = {10.1183/09031936.06.00085105},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/50124},
}