The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 156-158, August 2006

No the evidence: What have measurements of exhaled nitric oxide got to offer?

  • Louise Fleming, MRCPCH
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  • Nicola Wilson, MD, FRCPCH
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  • Andrew Bush, MB, BS (Hons), MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Professor Andrew Bush, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK.

Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

The relationship between the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and pediatric investigators has gone from the heady excitement of the early flirtations to a more solid and permanent relationship, perhaps less superficially exciting, requiring harder work, but ultimately more realistic. The initial nitric oxide studies were largely cross-sectional or, at best, very-short-term longitudinal, but were sufficient to suggest that here was something that added a new dimension to the management of asthma.

See related article, p 220

Abbreviations:  FeNO, Exhaled nitric oxide

 

PII: S0022-3476(06)00484-7

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.05.035

Refers to article:

  • Environmental exposures and exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma

    Adam J. Spanier, Richard Hornung, Michelle Lierl, Bruce P. Lanphear
    The Journal of Pediatrics August 2006 (Vol. 149, Issue 2, Pages 220-226)

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 156-158, August 2006