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Title

New perspectives in monitoring lung inflammation : analysis of exhaled breath condensate / edited by Paolo Montuschi.

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Montuschi, Paolo, 1964-

Description

218 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"New Perspectives in Monitoring Lung Inflammation: Analysis of Exhaled Breath provides an introduction to the analysis of exhaled breath condensate for monitoring lung inflammation. The book presents current knowledge on the physicochemical properties of exhaled breath condensate and its formation in the airways and covers important aspects of the methodology. It details markers, and classes of markers, of airway inflammation in separate chapters and discusses the use of the technique in adults and children. The text also reviews the implications for drug development and future research. It concludes with an overview of lung inflammation focusing on basic and clinical pharmacology of important mediators." "Presenting a comprehensive view of exhaled breath condensate, the text explains how this method could play a major role in the diagnosis and therapy of lung diseases, and may launch a new era in respiratory medicine."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Inflammation > pathology
• Biochemical markers > Diagnostic use
• Pneumonia > Diagnosis
• Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System
• Lung > pathology
• Breath Tests > methods
• Breath tests

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Exhaled breath condensate : a new approach to monitoring lung inflammation / Peter J. Barnes -- Ch. 2. Analysis of exhaled breath condensate : methodological issues / Paolo Montuschi -- Ch. 3. Exhaled breath condensate : formation and physicochemical properties / Richard M. Effros, Julie Biller, Marshall Dunning and Reza Shaker -- Ch. 4. Isoprostanes, prostanoids, and leukotrienes in exhaled breath condensate / Paolo Montuschi -- Ch. 5. Hydrogen peroxide in exhaled breath condensate / Wendy J. C. van Beurden and P. N. Richard Dekhuijzen -- Ch. 6. Measurement of exhaled breath condensate pH : implications for pathophysiology and monitoring of inflammatory airway diseases / Benjamin Gaston and John F. Hunt -- Ch. 7. Nitric oxide-derived markers in exhaled breath condensate / Sergei A. Kharitonov -- Ch. 8. Analysis of exhaled breath condensate in children / Quirijn Jobsis and Philippe P. R. Rosias -- Ch. 9. Exhaled breath condensate : comparisons with other methods for assessing lung inflammation / Christopher A. Bates and Philip E. Silkoff -- Ch. 10. Analysis of exhaled breath condensate : potential implications for diagnosis and therapy of lung diseases / Umur Hatipoglu and Israel Rubinstein -- Ch. 11. Future of exhaled breath condensate / Jon L. Freels and Richard A. Robbins -- Ch. 12. The role of leukotrienes and prostanoids in airway inflammation / Ryszard Dworski, R. Stokes Peebles, Jr. and James R. Sheller -- Ch. 13. Neurogenic inflammation in the airways : role of tachykinins / Guy F. Joos, Katelijne O. De Swert and Romain A. Pauwels -- Ch. 14. Cytokines and chemokines in airway inflammation / Suzanne L. Traves and Louise E. Donnelly.

ISBN

0415324653 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004050319

OCLC

• ocm55138617
• SCSB-5093151

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries