Exhaled nitric oxide and airway hyperresponsiveness in workers: a preliminary study in lifeguards

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 53
• Main Authors: Demange, Valérie, Bohadana, Abraham, Massin, Nicole, Wild, Pascal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 31.12.2009; BioMed Central Ltd; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - metabolism; Asthma - physiopathology; Bronchial Provocation Tests; Cigarettes; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Feasibility Studies; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology; Human health and pathology; Humans; Life Sciences; Linear Models; Male; Methacholine Chloride; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; Occupational Health; Predictive Value of Tests; Pulmonology; Pulmonology and respiratory tract; Research article; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Respiratory Hypersensitivity - diagnosis; Respiratory Hypersensitivity - metabolism; Respiratory Hypersensitivity - physiopathology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spirometry; Swimming; Swimming - physiology; Underground construction

Airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) are two characteristic features of asthma. Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) has shown good correlation with AHR in asthmatics. Less information is available about FENO as a marker of inflammation from work exposures. We thus examined the...