Open AccessReal-time monitoring of breath ammonia during haemodialysis: use of ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) techniques
Author(s) -
G. Neri,
Antonio Lacquaniti,
Giuseppe Rizzo,
Nicola Donato,
Mariangela Latino,
Michele Buemi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfr738
Subject(s) - medicine , ion mobility spectrometry , breath gas analysis , ammonia , cavity ring down spectroscopy , dialysis , blood urea nitrogen , spectroscopy , gastroenterology , mass spectrometry , chromatography , kidney , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , anatomy
The diffusion of high-performance analytical technology has opened prospects for breath diagnosis as a non-invasive diagnostic tool. In this study, ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) techniques were used to analyse ammonia gas (NH3) in real-time in breath from patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) treatment and any correlation with blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels and Kt/V were investigated.
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