Breath analysis for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Anton Amann, David Smith

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (557 p.)
• Disciplina: 615.8/36072; 616.075
• Soggetto topico: Diagnosis; Breath tests
• Altri autori: AmannAnton SmithDavid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Foreword; Part A. New Analytical Techniques; Part B. Nitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Ethane; Part C. Broadly-Based Studies; Part D. Focused Studies; Part E. Use of Isotopes; Part F. Animal Studies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes how the analysis of the trace gases in exhaled breath can be used for non-invasive clinical diagnosis of disease and for monitoring the effectiveness of therapy. This approach offers an important addition to the diagnostic techniques available to medicine, having the advantage that on-line breath analysis can provide information to the clinician immediately and thus facilitate rapid diagnosis and treatment. The book is a compilation of contributions to a conference held in Dornbirn, Austria, 23-26 September 2004 on various aspects of this new topic. Written by the foremost
• Titolo autorizzato: Breath analysis for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring
• ISBN: 1-281-89808-2; 9786611898083; 981-270-195-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783923103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II