Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Monitoring Does Not Improve Asthma Management in Children with Concordant and Discordant Asthma Phenotypes

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 15;192(8):1016-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1103LE.

Authors

Sandra Voorend-van Bergen¹, Anja A Vaessen-Verberne², Anneke M Landstra³, Hein J Brackel⁴, Norbert J van den Berg⁵, Peter J Merkus⁶, Johan C de Jongste¹, Mariëlle W Pijnenburg¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Erasmus University Medical Centre-Sophia Children's Hospital Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
² 2 Amphia Hospital Breda, the Netherlands.
³ 3 Rijnstate Hospital Arnhem, the Netherlands.
⁴ 4 Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
⁵ 5 Flevo Hospital-De Kinderkliniek Almere, the Netherlands.
⁶ 6 Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

PMID: 26469843
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201506-1103LE

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Administration, Inhalation
Adolescent
Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use*
Anti-Asthmatic Agents / therapeutic use*
Asthma / drug therapy*
Asthma / immunology
Biomarkers
Breath Tests
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Management
Eosinophilia / immunology
Female
Humans
Inflammation / immunology
Male
Nitric Oxide / analysis
Nitric Oxide / immunology*
Patient Care Planning
Phenotype
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Biomarkers
Nitric Oxide