Exhaled nitric oxide in mylar balloons: influence of storage time, humidity and temperature

Affiliations

Alessandro Bodini: Department of Pediatrics/Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam/ Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2060, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands
Mariëlle W. H. Pijnenburg: Department of Pediatrics/Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam/ Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2060, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands
Atillio L. Boner: Clinica Pediatrica, Universitá di Verona, Verona, Italy
Johan C. de Jongste: Department of Pediatrics/Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam/ Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2060, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands

Abstract

Background: Mylar balloons are used to collect exhaled air for analysis of fractional nitric oxide concentration (FENO).