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Modification of baseline status to improve breath tests performance [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Breath tests used to evaluate carbohydrates malabsorption require baseline H2 and CH4 levels as low as possible. Test cancellation is recommended when exceeding certain cut-offs (H2 ≥ 20 ppm and CH4 ≥ 10 ppm).
Estibaliz Alegre +4 more
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Breath tests for gastrointestinal diseases - will it be safe to conduct breath tests after the COVID-19 pandemic? [PDF]
Clinics, 2020 Rejane Mattar
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Reevaluating our understanding of lactulose breath tests by incorporating hydrogen sulfide measurements [PDF]
JGH Open, 2019 Background and Aim Breath testing has become a commonly used tool in gastroenterology to evaluate changes in the fermentation pattern of the gut microbiome.
Aleksandr Birg, Steve Hu, Henry C Lin
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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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JGH Open, 2020 Background and Aim Breath testing (BT) is used to identify carbohydrate malabsorption and small intestine bacterial overgrowth. Measuring methane alongside hydrogen is advocated to reduce false‐negative studies, but the variability of methane production ...
Ruth M Harvie +2 more
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SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH IN PEOPLE WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW [PDF]
Arquivos de GastroenterologiaBackground: In patients with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) acid suppression therapy, gastrointestinal dysmotility, and post-operative bowel status, may predispose to the development of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).
Maria Lidiane Lavor LANDIM +5 more
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Gut and Liver, 2017 The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), once thought to be largely psychogenic in origin, is now understood to be multifactorial. One of the reasons for this paradigm shift is the realization that gut dysbiosis, including small intestinal ...
Uday C. Ghoshal +2 more
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Galactose oxidation using 13C in healthy and galactosemic children [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2015 Galactosemia is an inborn error of galactose metabolism that occurs mainly as the outcome of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT) deficiency. The ability to assess galactose oxidation following administration of a galactose-labeled isotope (1 ...
D.R. Resende-Campanholi +5 more
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Reliability of breath-holding tests with potential for use in sports practice [PDF]
Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences, 2023 Background: Breathing is a crucial yet often overlooked phenomenon in sports practice. Simple, quick, cost-free, and equipment-free breath-holding tests allow for the assessment of chemosensitivity of athletes. The purpose of this study was to verify the
František Lörinczi +2 more
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Gut Microbes, 2021 Several studies reported a potential role of methane producing archaea in the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Arjun Gandhi +6 more
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