Volatile organic compounds during inflammation and sepsis in rats: a potential breath test using ion-mobility spectrometry

ISSN
0003-3022
Date Issued
2015-01
Author(s)
Fink, Tobias
Wolf, Alexander
Maurer, Felix
Albrecht, Frederic W.
Heim, Nathalie
Wolf, Beate
Bödeker, Bertram
Baumbach, Jörg I.
Volk, Thomas
Sessler, Daniel I.
Kreuer, Sascha
DOI
10.1097/ALN.0000000000000420
Abstract
Multicapillary column ion-mobility spectrometry (MCC-IMS) may identify volatile components in exhaled gas. The authors therefore used MCC-IMS to evaluate exhaled gas in a rat model of sepsis, inflammation, and hemorrhagic shock.