What Are Breath Tests?

A medical method that diagnoses a disease by breathing.

Breath test

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A medical method that diagnoses a disease by breathing.

Breath test

Breath test is a medical diagnostic method that diagnoses by testing the exhaled gas

Breath test

The gas exhaled by everyone contains water vapor and

April 2013, Switzerland

Breath test

Gastric patients exhaled with volatile organic compounds

Gastric patients exhale gas containing volatile organic compounds, which can be detected with the right medical equipment. Previously, researchers have tried to diagnose lung cancer by using a breath test. In addition to being able to diagnose gastric cancer patients with 90% accuracy, this method can even determine the stage (early or advanced) of the cancer. The research team is currently conducting a larger study to test and diagnose more patients.

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The breath test method can be used to determine the amount of anesthesia that a patient can tolerate. This test mainly depends on the patient's tolerance and metabolic rate. These two data can be obtained through a breath test to help the doctor determine a relative for the patient. Safe anesthetic dose. At the same time, because the breath test method can also obtain results similar to urine and blood tests, it will not only be used to diagnose diseases in the future, but also may be used for athlete doping tests.