Clinical Applications of CO2 and H2 Breath Test

Breath test is non-invasive, high sensitivity and high specificity. In this article, CO2 breath test, H2 breath test and their clinical applications were elaborated. The main applications of CO2 breath test include helicobacter pylori test, liver function detection, gastric emptying test, insulin re...

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Published inTong wei su Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 170 - 175
Main Author ZHAO Si-qian;CHEN Bao-jun;LUO Zhi-fu
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Editorial Board of Journal of Isotopes 01.08.2016
Subjects
breath test liver function detection gastric emptying test
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Summary:Breath test is non-invasive, high sensitivity and high specificity. In this article, CO2 breath test, H2 breath test and their clinical applications were elaborated. The main applications of CO2 breath test include helicobacter pylori test, liver function detection, gastric emptying test, insulin resistance test, pancreatic exocrine secretion test, etc. H2 breath test can be applied in the diagnosis of lactose malabsorption and detecting small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. With further research, the breath test is expected to be applied in more diseases diagnosis.
ISSN:1000-7512
1000-7512
DOI:10.7538/tws.2016.29.03.0170