Exhaled breath analyses for bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma patients

Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic treatment for severe asthma. Although multiple trials have demonstrated clinical improvement after BT, optimal patient selection remains a challenge and the mechanism of action is incompletely understood.The aim of this study was to examine whether exhaled breath analysis can contribute to discriminate between BT-responders and non-responders at baseline and to explore pathophysiological insights of BT.

Source: Respiratory Medicine - March 4, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pieta C. Wijsman, Annika W.M. Goorsenberg, Julia N.S. d ’Hooghe, Els J.M. Weersink, Dominic W. Fenn, Anke H. Maitland van der Zee, Jouke T. Annema, Paul Brinkman, Peter I. Bonta Tags: Original Research Source Type: research