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ERJ Open Res

Title:		"Simultaneous measurement of inhaled air and exhaled breath by double multicapillary column ion-mobility spectrometry, a new method for breath analysis: results of a feasibility study"
Author(s):		Westhoff M; Friedrich M; Baumbach JI;
Address:		"Dept of Pneumology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, Hemer Lung Clinic, Hemer, Germany. Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany. University of Applied Sciences Munster, Munster, Germany. B. Braun Melsungen AG, Branch Dortmund, Center of Competence Breath Analysis, Dortmund, Germany"
Journal Title:		ERJ Open Res
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220214
Issue:		1
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.1183/23120541.00493-2021
ISSN/ISBN:		2312-0541 (Print) 2312-0541 (Electronic) 2312-0541 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The high sensitivity of the methods applied in breath analysis entails a high risk of detecting analytes that do not derive from endogenous production. Consequentially, it appears useful to have knowledge about the composition of inhaled air and to include alveolar gradients into interpretation. The current study aimed to standardise sampling procedures in breath analysis, especially with multicapillary column ion-mobility spectrometry (MCC-IMS), by applying a simultaneous registration of inhaled air and exhaled breath. A 'double MCC-IMS' device, which for the first time allows simultaneous analysis of inhaled air and exhaled breath, was developed and tested in 18 healthy individuals. For this, two BreathDiscovery instruments were coupled with each other. Measurements of inhaled air and exhaled breath in 18 healthy individuals (mean age 46+/-10.9 years; nine men, nine women) identified 35 different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for further analysis. Not all of these had positive alveolar gradients and could be regarded as endogenous VOCs: 16 VOCs had a positive alveolar gradient in mean; 19 VOCs a negative one. 12 VOCs were positive in >12 of the healthy subjects. For the first time in our understanding, a method is described that enables simultaneous measurement of inhaled air and exhaled breath. This facilitates the calculation of alveolar gradients and selection of endogenous VOCs for exhaled breath analysis. Only a part of VOCs in exhaled breath are truly endogenous VOCs. The observation of different and varying polarities of the alveolar gradients needs further analysis"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEWesthoff, Michael Friedrich, Maren Baumbach, Jorg I eng England 2022/02/18 ERJ Open Res. 2022 Feb 14; 8(1):00493-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00493-2021. eCollection 2022 Jan"