• Chest · Apr 2017

    Validation of the exhaled breath temperature measure: reference values in healthy subjects.

    • Giovanna E Carpagnano, Maria P Foschino-Barbaro, Corrado Crocetta, Donato Lacedonia, Valerio Saliani, Luigi Davide Zoppo, and Peter J Barnes.
    • Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, University of Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: giovannaelisiana.carpagnano@unifg.it.
    • Chest. 2017 Apr 1; 151 (4): 855-860.

    BackgroundExhaled 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; thus, the range of normal values is not well established. The aim of this study was to measure EBT values in an Italian population of 298 subjects (mean age, 45.2 ± 15.5 years; 143 male subjects; FEV1, 97.2% ± 5.8%; FVC, 98.4% ± 3.9%) selected from 867 adult volunteers to define reference values in healthy subjects and to analyze the influence of individual and external variables on this parameter.MethodsEBT was measured with an X-halo PRO device to different ambient temperature ranging from 0°C to 38°C.ResultsWe report reference values of EBT in healthy white subjects who had never smoked. EBT values were strongly influenced by the external temperature and to a lesser extent according to sex.ConclusionsIn a large population of healthy subjects who never smoked, these data provide reference values for measuring EBT as a basis for future studies. Our results are contribute to the promotion of EBT from "bench" to "bedside."Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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