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Pages 371-374 (September 2001)
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Vol. 37. Issue 9.
Pages 371-374 (September 2001)
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Estudio de la reproducibilidad de la técnica de medición de óxido nítrico en aire exhalado en sujetos sanos
Reproducibility of a technique for measuring nitric oxide in exhaled air in healthy subjects
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Correspondencia: Castillo de Aroche, 1, pta. 124. 41013 Sevilla
, B. Romero Romero, R. Jiménez Solís, J. Castillo Gómez
Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias. Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. Sevilla
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El óxido nítrico exhalado (NOe) ha quedado establecido como el primer marcador no invasivo de inflamación en las vías aéreas. Las cifras de NOe publicadas ponen de manifiesto una gran variabilidad, y en ocasiones estas diferencias son debidas a la técnica de medición empleada

Objetivo

Determinar la reproducibilidad de la técnica utilizada por nuestro grupo y si la concentración de NOe obtenida está sometida a variaciones dependientes de características antropométricas y dieta

Métodos

Estudiamos a 20 sujetos sanos (10 varones y 10 mujeres) con una edad media de 28,21 años. A todos se les realizaron mediciones seriadas de NOe en ayunas (N1), 30 min tras la ingestión de verduras (N2) y 30 min tras la ingesta de carne/pescado (N3). Cada valor (N1, N2, N3) era la media aritmética de tres mediciones consecutivas separadas 10 min entre sí. Medimos el NOe por método directo de quimioluminiscencia con flujo controlado descartando el aire del espacio muerto y con generación de presión en cavidad oral suficiente para cerrar el paladar blando (analizador Eco Physics CLD 77AM)

Resultados

Obtuvimos una concentración media ± desviación estándar (DE) para N1 de 3,40 ± 1,30 ppb; para N2 de 4,03 ± 1,00 ppb y para N3 de 3,71 ± 1,05 ppb. Las diferencias observadas entre estas tres determinaciones no fueron estadísticamente significativas (p > 0,05). Las mediciones seriadas (separadas 10 min) realizadas tampoco evidenciaron cambios significativos entre las mismas. Al estudiar la influencia del sexo sobre el NOe, encontramos que en ayunas la concentración media ± DE en las mujeres era de 3,13 ± 0,41 ppb y en los varones 3,72 ± 0,31 ppb sin que estas diferencias fueran significativas. Por último, estudiamos la influencia del índice de masa corporal (IMC) en el NOe, sin encontrar diferencias significativas entre los sujetos con IMC ≤ 25 (n=15) y aquellos con IMC > 25 (n=5)

Conclusiones

La técnica empleada por nuestro grupo es reproducible y las concentraciones obtenidas de NOe son independientes de la dieta, sexo e IMC

Palabras clave:
Óxido nítrico exhalado
Reproducibilidad
Medición

Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) has become established as the principal non-invasive marker of airway inflammation. Exhaled NO levels reported in the literature vary greatly, with differences sometimes attributable to measurement technique

Objective

To determine the reproducibility of the technique used by our department to measure exhaled NO and to know whether results vary with diet and patient characteristics

Methods

We studied 20 healthy subjects (10 men and 10 women; mean age 28.21 years). Exhaled NO was measured when the patient was fasting (N1), 30 minutes after intake of vegetables (N2) and 30 minutes after intake of meat/fish (N3). For each measure N1, N2 and N3 we took the average of three consecutive measurements separated by 10 minutes. Exhaled NO was assessed by controlled-flow chemoluminescence after adjusting for trapped air and after generating pressure in the oral cavity that was sufficient to close the soft palate (Eco Physics CLD 77AM analyzer)

Results

The mean concentration was 3.40 ± 1.30 ppb for N1, 4.03 ± 1.00 ppb for N2 and 3.71 ± 1.05 ppb for N3. The differences between measurements were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Nor were differences between the sets of three measurements significant. The mean concentration was 3.13 ± 0.41 ppb for women and 3.72 ± 0.31 ppb for men (ns). No significant differences were related to body mass index ≤ 25 (n=15) or > 25 (n=5)

Conclusions

The technique our department uses for measuring exhaled NO is reproducible and differences are unrelated to food intake, sex or body mass index

Keywords:
Exhaled nitric oxide
Reproducibility
Measurement
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