EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE IN PEDIATRIC ASTHMA – CERTITUDES AND PERSPECTIVES

Revista Romana de PEDIATRIE | Volumul LXIII, Nr. 2, An 2014

ISSN 1454-0398 | e-ISSN 2069-6175
ISSN-L 1454-0398
DOI: 10.37897/RJP

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Radu Diaconu, Ligia Stanescu and Loredana Selaru

ABSTRACT

The exhaled nitric oxide measurement is one of the methods used in bronchial infl ammation assessment. Relatively new, this measurement is non-invasive and more and more accessible, thus even the pediatric patients are able to benefi t. The authors are making a brief history followed by the technical details of the measurement and the practical use for the diagnosis and therapy monitoring in bronchial asthma.

Keywords: nitric oxide, asthma, child

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