期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
卷 281, 期 1-2, 页码 92-96出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.12.005
关键词
Volatile organic compound; Proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry; Breath analysis
资金
- EPSRC
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath could be clinically useful for the early detection and diagnosis of diseases, physiological disorders and therapeutic monitoring. However, it is crucial to compare the reliability and precision of breath measurements with those from blood if endogenous VCCs on breath are to be used as biomarkers. Few studies have been undertaken to investigate this, none of which relate to endogenous VOCs in freely breathing subjects. Here we establish the reliability and precision of breath measurements to determine endogenous VOC concentrations in comparison to blood measurements in order to assess the viability of using breath measurements for potential diagnostic and screening purposes. Acetone and isoprene concentration levels in the breath, radial arterial blood and peripheral venous blood and in vivo arterial blood/breath ratios for freely breathing subjects have been determined using mass spectrometric techniques. Mean (range) breath concentrations in parts per billion by volume are 1090 (515-2335) for acetone and 465 (308-702) for isoprene. The mean (range) blood concentrations are: for acetone in radial arterial blood 26 (10-73) mu mol/l and in peripheral venous blood 18 (9-39) mu mol/l; for isoprene in radial arterial blood 6.8 (3.7-11) mu mol/l and in peripheral venous blood 14 (5.5-30) mu mol/l. Arterial blood/breath ratios mean (range) are 580 (320-860) for acetone and 0.38 (0.19-0.58) for isoprene. An important finding is that the coefficients of repeatability as a percentage of mean are less than 30% in breath but greater than 70% in blood. This study suggests that breath VOC measurements could provide a more consistent measure for investigating underlying physiological function or pathology than single blood measurements. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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