Validation of the Exhaled Breath Temperature Measure: Reference Values in Healthy Subjects

• Published in: Chest Vol. 151; no. 4; p. 855
• Main Authors: Carpagnano, Giovanna E, Foschino-Barbaro, Maria P, Crocetta, Corrado, Lacedonia, Donato, Saliani, Valerio, Zoppo, Luigi Davide, Barnes, Peter J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Breath Tests - methods; Exhalation - physiology; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Reference Values; Respiratory Function Tests; Temperature; airways inflammation; exhaled breath temperature; noninvasive methods; validation; correction factor; reference value

Exhaled breath temperature (EBT) is a new noninvasive method for the study of inflammatory respiratory diseases with a potential to reach clinical practice. However, few studies are available regarding the validation of this method, and they were mainly derived from small, pediatric populations; thu...