Pilot Study on Exhaled Breath Analysis for a Healthy Adult Population in Hawaii.

ABSTRACT: Fast diagnostic results using breath analysis are an anticipated possibility for disease diagnosis or general health screenings. Tests that do not require sending specimens to medical laboratories possess capabilities to speed patient diagnosis and protect both patient and healthcare staff from unnecessary prolonged exposure. The objective of this work was to develop testing procedures on an initial healthy subject cohort in Hawaii to act as a range-finding pilot study for characterizing the baseline of exhaled breath prior to further research. Using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC), this study analyzed exhaled breath from a healthy adult population in Hawaii to profile the range of different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and survey Hawaii-specific differences.

SUBMITTER: Yamanaka HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8234827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature