This work discusses the potential diagnostic value of markers in several disorders, including cancer, asthma, transplant rejection, and heart disease. As the first comprehensive review of the field, "Disease Markers in Exhaled Breath" discusses new biological mediators and markers in exhaled breath including nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and volatile organic compounds methodological aspects of expired gas analysis and breath condensate physiological aspects of NO, CO, VOCs, and oxidative stress breath markers in hypoxia, oxidative stress, and inflammation in a spectrum of clinical conditions ranging from asthma to lung allograft rejection. With nearly 1700 references, "Disease Markers in Exhaled Breath" is essential reading for pulmonologists; anesthesiologists; physiologists; chest, pulmonary, thoracic, and cardiovascular physicians and surgeons; asthmologists; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines.




