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Monitoring exhaled nitric oxide to guide inhaled steroid dosage in asthma
  1. G P Currie
  1. Specialist Registrar, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, UK; graeme.currie@nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2005.la0165

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    ▴ Smith AD, Cowan JO, Brassett KP, et al. Use of exhaled nitric oxide measurements to guide treatment in chronic asthma. N Engl J Med2005;352:2163–73
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    The method of measuring sputum eosinophils and airway hyperresponsiveness to aid clinicians to titrate anti-inflammatory therapy for asthma has previously been described. However, measuring these biomarkers can be cumbersome and time consuming.

    Smith et al evaluated whether exhaled nitric oxide (NO)—which can be quickly …

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