Diagnostic possibility of the combination of exhaled nitric oxide and blood eosinophil count for eosinophilic asthma.
Jiang-Hua LiRui HanYu-Bo WangMin ChengHeng-Yi ChenWen-Hui LeiLi LiChen GaoNa-Na ZhaoNai-Fu NieZhong-Yan LiGuo-Qing YinShuai HuangYong HePublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2021)
FeNO or B-Eos count alone is insufficient to accurately diagnose asthma. Patients with moderately elevated biomarkers (FeNO > 40 ppb and B-Eos > 300 cells/μl) could be diagnosed with asthma and avoid objective tests when such tests are not feasible.