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Article: Monitoring exhaled nitric oxide does not improve asthma control
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- The Hindustan Times
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- September 20, 2008
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London, Sept. 20 -- Monitoring levels of exhaled nitric oxide in teenagers having asthma and adjusting treatment accordingly has no influence in improving the course of the condition, according to a new study.
Conducted by the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC), the study of almost 550 adolescents from 10 cities across the United States, was led by Stanley Szefler, M.D., of National Jewish Health in Denver.
The study aimed at examining whether in addition to treating asthma based on national guidelines, measurements of exhaled nitric oxide would allow even better control of the disease.
The new study was the largest ...