Exhaled breath temperature measurement: Applicability in childhood

Popov, Todor A.; Kralimarkova, Tanya

doi:10.1002/ppul.23259

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“…EBT increases linearly over the pediatric age range and seems to be influenced by gender, but not by height and body weight. 140 When interpreting EBT in subjects with alleged airway pathology, the possibilities of tissue destruction (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis) or excessive bronchial obstruction and air trapping (severe asthma) need to be considered, as these conditions drive EBT down. 141 A prominent advantage of the method is to assess EBT when patients are in a steady state of their disease and to use this "personal best" to monitor them and guide their treatment.…”

Section: Exhaled Breath Temperaturementioning

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Medical devices in allergy practice

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Passalacqua

González‐Díaz

et al. 2020

World Allergy Organization Journal

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Medical devices provide people with some health benefits in terms of diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and monitoring of disease processes. Different medical specialties use varieties of medical devices more or less specific for them. Allergology is an interdisciplinary field of medical science and teaches that allergic reactions are of systemic nature but can express themselves at the level of different organs across the life cycle of an individual. Subsequently, medical devices used in allergology could be regarded as: 1) general, servicing the integral diagnostic and management principles and features of allergology, and 2) organ specific, which are shared by organ specific disciplines like pulmonology, otorhinolaryngology, dermatology, and others. The present position paper of the World Allergy Organization (WAO) is meant to be the first integral document providing structured information on medical devices in allergology used in daily routine but also needed for sophisticated diagnostic purposes and modern disease management. It is supposed to contribute to the transformation of the health care system into integrated care pathways for interrelated comorbidities.

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Section: Exhaled Breath Temperaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Medical devices in allergy practice

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González‐Díaz

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World Allergy Organization Journal

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The added value of exhaled breath temperature in respiratory medicine

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Recognition of the huge economic burden chronic respiratory diseases pose for society motivated fundamental and clinical research leading to insight into the role of airway inflammation in various disease entities and their phenotypes. However, no easy, cheap and patient-friendly methods to assess it have found a place in routine clinical practice. Measurement of exhaled breath temperature (EBT) has been suggested as a non-invasive method to detect inflammatory processes in the airways as a result of increased blood flow within the airway walls. As EBT values are within a narrow range, the thermometers designed for the purpose of assessing it need to be precise and very sensitive. EBT increases linearly over the pediatric age range and seems to be influenced by gender, but not by height and body weight. In non-smoking individuals with no history of respiratory disease EBT has a natural circadian peak about noon and increases with food intake and physical exercise. When interpreting EBT in subjects with alleged airway pathology, the possibilities of tissue destruction (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis) or excessive bronchial obstruction and air trapping (severe asthma) need to be considered, as these conditions drive (force) EBT down. A prominent advantage of the method is to assess EBT when patients are in a steady state of their disease and to use this 'personal best' to monitor them and guide their treatment. Individual devices outfitted with microprocessors and memory have been created, which can be used for personalized monitoring and disease management by telemedicine.

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Exhaled breath temperature measurement: Applicability in childhood

Cited by 2 publications

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Medical devices in allergy practice

Medical devices in allergy practice

The added value of exhaled breath temperature in respiratory medicine

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