Breath Test

Noninvasive speckle contrast optical spectroscopy may be a feasible method for determining whether individuals are at high or low risk for stroke, according to a study published in Biomedical Optics Express.

Use of real-time mass spectrometry breath analysis that has been enhanced by artificial intelligence is a potential COVID-19 screening method, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

A prediction model that incorporates both exhaled breath data from an electronic nose and basic demographics was able to identify lung cancer in a cohort of patients, according to study results published in CHEST.

A new breath test took less than 10 minutes to screen for ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP, in ICU patients, according to a study published in Talanta.

The FDA recently announced that it has issued an emergency use authorization for the first diagnostic test that detects SARS-CoV-2 in breath samples.

A novel breathalyzer detected SARS-CoV-2 in critically ill patients with 88% accuracy, according to findings published in PLOS ONE.

An exhaled breath test that uses high-pressure photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry accurately identified patients with lung cancer, according to recent data in JAMA Network Open.

Cedars-Sinai recently launched a breath test to help diagnose small intestine bacterial overgrowth related to irritable bowel syndrome. It was the top story in gastroenterology last week.

Recently, the small intestine bacterial overgrowth breath test was launched by Cedars-Sinai to diagnose small intestine bacterial overgrowth related to irritable bowel syndrome.