FeNO testing is increasingly recognized as a key first step in asthma assessment under the updated UK guidelines.

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that an asthma diagnostic test, the exhaled nitric oxide test, is an inexpensive, quick and easy way to determine whether inhaled corticosteroids ...

Nitric oxide (NO) in exhaled air is believed to reflect allergic inflammation in the airways. Measured levels of exhaled NO vary with the exhaled flow rate, which therefore must be standardized. The ...

A spirometer tests the amount of air coming out of your lungs and how fast it comes out to diagnose asthma. Unlike a spirometer, an exhaled nitric oxide test machine measures the nitric oxide in your ...

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A new technique for gauging the effectiveness of asthma therapy could allow patients to cut back dramatically on the amount of medicine they must inhale to ward off attacks, researchers in New Zealand ...

If a person’s airways are not working correctly, the resulting breathing difficulties can be extremely detrimental to everyday activities and, of course, lead to more serious health risks. Asthma, ...