Malinovschi Andrei, Ludviksdottir Dora, Tufvesson Ellen, Rolla Giovanni, Bjermer Leif, Alving Kjell, Diamant Zuzana
Department of Medical Sciences: Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Department of Respiratory Medicine and Sleep, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Eur Clin Respir J. 2015 Aug 17;2:28517. doi: 10.3402/ecrj.v2.28517. eCollection 2015.
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a convenient, non-invasive method for the assessment of active, mainly Th2-driven, airway inflammation, which is sensitive to treatment with standard anti-inflammatory therapy. Consequently, FeNO serves as a valued tool to aid diagnosis and monitoring in several asthma phenotypes. More recently, FeNO has been evaluated in several other respiratory, infectious, and/or immunological conditions. In this short review, we provide an overview of several clinical studies and discuss the status of potential applications of NO measurements in clinical conditions beyond asthma.
呼出一氧化氮分数(FeNO)是一种用于评估主要由Th2驱动的气道活动性炎症的便捷、非侵入性方法,对标准抗炎治疗敏感。因此,FeNO是辅助诊断和监测多种哮喘表型的重要工具。最近,FeNO已在其他几种呼吸系统、感染性和/或免疫性疾病中进行了评估。在这篇简短的综述中,我们概述了几项临床研究,并讨论了在哮喘以外的临床疾病中测量一氧化氮的潜在应用现状。