Exhaled breath analysis: from occupational to respiratory medicine.

摘要: Breath analysis is a technique rapidly gaining ground as non-invasive tool to diagnose and monitor various aspects of lung diseases. Measurement exhaled breath safe, rapid, simple perform, effort independent. Given that human contains upwards 250 chemicals, the potential for developing new applications high. Much current knowledge on in respiratory medicine derives from years experience gained occupational settings, where has been used assess exposure volatile chemicals. Laboratory based air complex, expensive time consuming process thus not wide spread use medicine. However, recent pulmonology, particular bronchial asthma cancer, development fast, easy perform procedures analysis, re-opened possible application novel approach biological monitoring inhaled pneumotoxic substances. The simultaneous quantification biomarkers dose effect may provide insights into damage occurring workers exposed toxicants, representing fascinating risk assessment strategies.