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Repeated Measurement of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Is Not Essential for Asthma Screening

Authors
 Yang SY  ;  Kim YH  ;  Byun MK  ;  Kim HJ  ;  Ahn CM  ;  Kim SH  ;  Lee HS  ;  Park HJ 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, Vol.28(2) : 98-105, 2018 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN
 1018-9068 
Issue Date
2018
Keywords
Asthma ; Fractional exhaled nitric oxide ; Repeated measurements
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJETIVE:

Older guidelines recommend that fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) should be checked more than twice during the same session to confirm an asthma diagnosis. Recent studies show the excellent reproducibility of FeNO measurements. Objetive: We aimed to determine whether repeated FeNO measurements during the same session are necessary for asthma screening.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of adult outpatients who visited the respiratory medicine department for diagnosis of asthma and assessed FeNO measurements obtained from June 2016 to July 2017.

RESULTS:

Of the 132 patients enrolled, 79 (59.8%) were diagnosed with asthma. Repeated FeNO measurements taken during the same session showed high reproducibility (intraclass correlation coefficient >0.9; P<.001) and a strong correlation (Pearson coefficient >0.9; P<.001), although reproducibility and correlation were slightly weaker in patients with low FeNO values. The value of repeated measurement was not significant; however, the second FeNO measurement was significantly higher than the first measurement in patients with the worst and best lung function. The predictive power of the first measurement of FeNO (sensitivity, 80.5%; specificity, 85.1%) was not inferior to the second (sensitivity, 76.6%; specificity 85.1%). The same was true of the geometric mean of the two.

CONCLUSIONS:

Repeated FeNO measurement during the same session is not essential for asthma screening in cases where the first acceptable FeNO measurement is performed using the proper method.
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DOI
10.18176/jiaci.0215
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pediatrics (소아과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Seong Han(김성한)
Kim, Yoon Hee(김윤희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2149-8501
Kim, Hyung Jung(김형중) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2498-0683
Park, Hye Jung(박혜정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1862-1003
Byun, Min Kwang(변민광) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1525-1745
Ahn, Chul Min(안철민)
Yang, Seo Yeon(양서연)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/163764
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