Advances on breath monitoring of inflammatory airway disease

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Chairs: M. Hoegman (Gavle, Sweden), P. Paredi (London, United Kingdom), M. Ichinose (Wakayama, Japan)
Aims: The aims of this session are to:
- learn about new developments in monitoring of airway inflammation using exhaled breath in adults and children
- understand how analysis of exhaled nitric oxide at different flows provides additional information about inflammatory airway diseases
- learn about the potential of electronic nose devices in detecting patterns of volatile biomarkers in airway disease
- be updated on other advances in breath analysis with a look towards the future.

Alveolar NO and alveolar inflammation: biological links and clinical implications A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)
Breath biomarkers of lung cancer and other diseases A. Amann (Innsbruck, Austria)