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European Journal of Medical Research, 2009 Non-invasive breath tests can serve as valuable diagnostic tools in medicine as they can determine particular enzymatic and metabolic functions in vivo.
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Significance of hydrogen breath tests in children with suspected carbohydrate malabsorption. [PDF]
BMC Pediatr, 2014 BackgroundHydrogen breath tests are noninvasive procedures frequently applied in the diagnostic workup of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Däbritz J +6 more
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How to interpret hydrogen breath tests. [PDF]
J Neurogastroenterol Motil, 2011 Hydrogen breath tests using various substrates like glucose, lactulose, lactose and fructose are being used more and more to diagnose small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and lactose or fructose malabsorption.
Ghoshal UC.
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Positive Glucose Breath Tests in Patients with Hysterectomy, Gastrectomy, and Cholecystectomy [PDF]
Gut and Liver, 2017 Background/AimsThis study aimed to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients undergoing abdominal surgeries, such as gastrectomy, cholecystectomy, and hysterectomy.Methods : One hundred ...
Dae Bum Kim +8 more
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Hydrogen breath tests in gastrointestinal diseases. [PDF]
Indian J Clin Biochem, 2014 Rana SV, Malik A.
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Exhaled breath volatiles for asthma diagnosis: discovery and validation in untreated but symptomatic patients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsApproximately 30% of people with a clinical diagnosis of asthma do not have the condition. Exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) hold promise for non-invasive asthma testing; however, discovery of breath biomarkers is confounded by high biological ...
Agnieszka Turlo +11 more
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Extraoral Halitosis due to Exhaled Acetone in Patients Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Bariatric surgery is widely used and considered as one of the most effective treatments for morbid obesity, but it can be associated with medical and dental adverse side-effects.
Hanadi G Alzahrani +4 more
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Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2023 There is increasing appreciation that small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) drives many common gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain.
Aylin Tansel, D. Levinthal
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Diagnostics, 2022 Background: The diagnosis of NASH needs a liver biopsy, an invasive procedure that is not frequently accepted by patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of the 13C-Octanoate breath test (OBT) as a non-invasive surrogate marker to ...
Carmen Fierbinteanu-Braticevici +7 more
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Manipulation of breath alcohol tests: Can specific techniques alter breath alcohol content?
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2020 Objective: The most common form of measurement of breath alcohol content (BrAC) is through the use of a diode catheter. This study aims to test the accuracy of breath alcohol analysis through different manipulations.
Brian Kelly +3 more
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