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High inhaled oxygen concentration quadruples exhaled CO in healthy volunteers monitored by a highly sensitive laser spectrometer.

ABSTRACT: Carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring in human breath is the focus of many investigations as CO could possibly be used as a marker of various diseases. Detecting CO in human breath remains a challenge because low concentrations (

SUBMITTER: Brenckmann V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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High inhaled oxygen concentration quadruples exhaled CO in healthy volunteers monitored by a highly sensitive laser spectrometer.

Brenckmann Vivien V Ventrillard Irène I Romanini Daniele D Jaulin Kévin K Calabrèse Pascale P Briot Raphaël R

Scientific reports 20190822 1

Carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring in human breath is the focus of many investigations as CO could possibly be used as a marker of various diseases. Detecting CO in human breath remains a challenge because low concentrations (<ppm) must be selectively detected and short response time resolution is needed to detect the end expiratory values reflecting actual alveolar concentrations. A laser spectroscopy based instrument was developed (ProCeas) that fulfils these requirements. The aim of this study w ...[more]

PMID: 31439950

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