Clinical utility of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in severe asthma management

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, affecting over 350 million people worldwide and placing a significant burden on healthcare providers and wider society. Approximately 5-10% of asthma patients are diagnosed with severe asthma and typically are associated with increased risk of hospitalisation from exacerbations, increased morbidity, mortality and higher asthma-associated healthcare costs. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important regulator of immune responses and is a product of inflammation in the airways that is over-produced in asthma. Fractional exhaled NO (F eNO) is predominantly used as a predictor of response to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs), to monitor adherence and as a diagnostic tool in ICS-naïve patients. In the UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines recommend the use of F eNO for the initial diagnosis of patients with suspected asthma. In the USA, American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines recommend F eNO as part of the initial diagnosis of asthma and for monitoring of airway inflammation. F eNO has also been shown to be a predictive factor for asthma exacerbations, with higher levels being associated with a greater number of exacerbations. In addition, higher levels of F eNO have been shown to be associated with a decline in lung function. F eNO testing is a cost-effective procedure and has been shown to improve patient management when combined with standard assessment methods. Recent evidence suggests that F eNO may also be useful as a surrogate biomarker for the assessment and management of severe asthma and to predict responsiveness to some biological therapies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

The European respiratory journal - 55(2020), 3 vom: 26. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Menzies-Gow, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Mansur, Adel H [VerfasserIn]
Brightling, Christopher E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

31C4KY9ESH
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Biomarkers
Journal Article
Nitric Oxide
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

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Date Completed 21.06.2021

Date Revised 21.06.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1183/13993003.01633-2019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305474057