THE PRACTICAL UTILITY OF NITRIC OXIDE MEASUREMENT IN EXHALED AIR. EXPERIENCE OF THE PEDIATRICS DEPARTMENT OF THE FILANTROPIA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL CRAIOVA

Abstract

Dosage of nitric oxide, a relatively new biomarker, is a non-invasive method, increasingly accessible to clinicians, used mainly in the field of pneumology, for the purpose of monitoring the respiratory tract inflammation. The goal of this paper is to present the experience of the Pediatric Department of the Filantropia Municipal Hospital in Craiova relating to nitric oxide dosing and asthma pathology, the result of the 10 years of experience with the portable exhaled air analyzer. We selected three of our most important researches, presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congresses.

Keywords

• nitric oxide
• children
• asthma