Purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 30‐year progress of research on exhaled
breath condensate in a disease‐based approach. Methods. We searched PubMed/Medline …

Pulmonary damage in the form of acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome
is a major cause of morbidity and mortality after thoracic surgery. An understanding of the …

Collection of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is a noninvasive method for obtaining
samples from the lungs. EBC contains large number of mediators including adenosine …

Background One-lung ventilation (OLV) induces a pro-inflammatory response including
cytokine release and leucocyte recruitment in the ventilated lung. Whether volatile or iv …

Background: Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) may confer the protection in critical
organs. The authors hypothesized that limb RIPC would reduce lung injury in patients …

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a syndrome that is characterised by acute inflammation and tissue
injury that affects normal gas exchange in the lungs. Hallmarks of ALI include dysfunction of …

Isoprostanes (IsoPs) are key biomarkers for investigating the role of free radical generation
in the pathogenesis of human disorders. To solve IsoPs-related problems with regard to …

Since the late 1990s, a surge in interest in the analysis of exhaled breath condensate (EBC)
resulted in the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) …

Introduction Measurement of pH is one of the simplest and most technically validated
biomarkers studied in exhaled breath condensate (EBC). The pH of EBC has been found to …

Rationale: Recent studies have reported acidification of exhaled breath condensate (EBC)
in inflammatory lung diseases. This phenomenon, designated “acidopnea,” has been …