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  THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
7:00 am

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
MBNA Conference Center, 3rd Floor

8:00 am

Opening Remarks and Welcome Address
Brief Overview of Breath Analysis - Raed A. Dweik

 
Exhaled Nitric Oxide: From Discovery, To Instrumentation, To Clinical Application
Chairs: Serpil C. Erzurum, Raed A. Dweik
8:15 am NO from NOS - Dennis Stuehr
8:45 am Sources of NO in Exhaled Breath -Benjamin Gaston
9:00 am Technical and Regulatory Aspects of Exhaled NO Measurements - Phillip Silkoff
9:30 am Clinical Applications of Exhaled NO - Raed A. Dweik
9:45 am

Refreshment Break, Exhibits, Posters

  Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
10:00 am Lung Diffusion Capacity for Nitric Oxide and Carbon Monoxide: Methodological Issues and Reproducibility - Werner Steinhaeusser
10:10 am Exhaled Nitric Oxide as Noninvasive Markers of Airway Inflammation from Work Exposures - Massimo Corradi
10:20 am

Changes in Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide in Breath and Skin Gas during Smoking Cessation and Restart - Kazutoshi Nose

10:30 am Nitric Oxide Breath Analysis with a Room Temperature Infrared Laser System - Joanne Shorter
10:40 am A Fresh Approach to Exhaled Nitric Oxide Measurement using a Fast-Response, Low-Cost Electronic Indicator - Leigh Greenham
10:50 am Novel Electrochemical Nitric Oxide Gas Sensor for Breath Analysis - Kerstin Wex
11:00 am

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Serpil C. Erzurum
Panel: Denis Stuehr, Benjamin Gaston, Phillip Silkoff, Raed Dweik

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Mass Spectrometry and Benchtop Instrumentation
Chairs: David Smith
 

Overview and Technical Aspects of Mass Spectrometry Technologies

11:30 am Introduction and Overview - Anton Aman
12:00 pm Current Advances in SIFT-MS - Patrik Spanel
12:15 pm Metabolites in Human Breath - Jörg Ingo Baumbach
12:30 pm Lunch, Exhibits, Posters
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Breath Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
Chair: Patrik Spanel
  Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
1:30 pm

The Combined use of Thermal Desorption and Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry for the Quantification of Volatile Compounds in Breath - Brian Ross

1:45 pm Optimized Set-Up for On-Line Breath Analysis with PTR-MS - Jens Herbig
2:00 pm Time Resolved Monitoring of VOC Concentration Profiles in Breath along the Expiratory Phase - Siegfried Praun
2:15 pm Longitudinal Study to Observe Qualitative Variation in Male Breath over a Five Day Period, using 2-Dimensional Gas Chromatography and Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy - Simon Stevens
2:30 pm

Analysis of Volatile Metabolites from Cultured Bacteria by Gas Chromatography/Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization-Mass Spectrometry - Masako Ishimaru

2:45 pm

Identification of Specific Volatile Organic Compounds from Mycobacteria in Vitro - Mona Syhre

3:00 pm

Stress Responses during Parabolic Flight Maneuvers are Reflected by Changes In Expiratory Air - Alexander Chouker

3:15 pm Refreshment Break, Exhibits, Posters
  Poster Sessions: Technical Aspects of Mass Spectrometry Technologies
  SIFT-MS Analyses of the Breath of Volunteers in Three Age Groups - Kseniya Dryahina
  Expiratory Air Analyses by Online Mass Spectrometry: Co2 vs Isoprene Controlled Detection Of Alveolar Gas - Michael Dolch
  On-Line Analysis of End-Expiratory AI in Mechanically Ventilated Patients using Ion-Molecular-Reaction Mass Spectrometry - Michael Dolch
  A Comparison of the Volatiles from the Breath, Urine and Stool of Asymptomatic Male Humans Using 4D TOF GCMS - Norman Ratcliffe
 

Interference of CFC-Containing Inhalers with Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds using Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry - Michael Epton

  A Preliminary Study of Oral and Lung Breath in Patients with Oral Malodour using Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectrometry - Brian Ross
  Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Metabolic Profiling of Human Breath - Jörg Ingo Baumbach
  Posters: Breath Condensates and Sensor Arrays
  Breath Analysis: Relationship between Expiratory Parameters and Ethanol Consumption - Fukuoka Yu
  Volatile Components in Exhaled Breath Condensate Compared with On-Line Breath Analysis Using SIFT-MS - Patrik Spanel
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Exhaled Breath Condensate
Chair: Benjamin Gaston

3:45 pm

Clinical Applications of EBC Testing - John Hunt

4:10 pm

EBC in Children: Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives - Silvia Carraro

4:30 pm

Differentiation of Origin of Markers in Exhaled Breath Condensate by Fractionated Sampling - Gunther Becher

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Electronic Nose and Sensor Arrays
Chairs: Alan Gelperin, C. William Hanson, Erica Thaler

                       
4:45 pm

Nanotube-Based Sensor Arrays for Clinical Breath Analysis - Alan Gelperin

5:15 pm E-Nose, E-Ear, E-Eye: Imaging with Chemical Sensors  for Disease Diagnosis and Treatment - Joseph Stetter
 

Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
Technical and Clinical Aspects of Sensor Arrays

5:45 pm Chemical Microsensor Arrays for Trace Analytes in Complex Gas Mixtures - Kurt Benkstein
5:55 pm Diagnosis of Sinusitis using a Colorimetric Electronic Nose - Erica Thaler
6:05 pm A Longitudinal Study of Healthy Individuals to Assess the Variation in the Simple Breath Gases Hydrogen, Hydrogen Sulphide, Ammonia, Ethanol and Carbon Monoxide - Ben de Lacy Costello
6:15 pm

The Characteristics of Novel Low Cost Sensors for Volatile Biomarker Detection - Norman Ratcliffe

6:25 pm Recognition of Biofilm-Forming versus Non-Biofilm-Forming Bacteria using Electronic Nose - Dan Huang
6:35 pm Closing Remarks - Raed A. Dweik and Gary Hunter
6:50 pm Adjourn
7:00 pm

Reception and Poster Session
Chairs: Marco Freek, Daniel Laskowski, Metin Aytekin

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  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
7:00 am

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
MBNA Conference Center, 3rd Floor

8:00 am

Standardization Issues: Sampling, Quantification, Background Subtraction, and Standards
Chair: Terence Risby

 

Standardization Issues: Sampling, Quantification, Background Corrrection, and Units
Terence Risby

8:30 am

Panel Discussion: Standardization Issues
Moderator: Terence Risby
Panel: Nandor Marczin, Jochen Schubert, Joachim Pleil

  Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
8:50 am

Online-Monitoring of Lipid-Peroxidation Markers in Exhaled Breath by Mass Spectrometry - Michael Dolch

9:00 am

Implementation of Fowler's Method for Alveolar Air Sampling - Fabio Di Francesco

9:10 am

Variability Issues in Determining Concentration of Isoprene in Human Breath by PTR-MS - Svorad Stolc Jr.

9:20 am

Comparison of the Levels of some Breath Gases Originating Systemically and in the Mouth And Airways - Tianshu Wang

9:30 pm

Detection of Monobromamine, Monochloramine, and Dichloramine using selected Ion Flow Tube - Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) - Michael Epton

9:40 am Refreshment Break, Exhibits, Posters
  Poster Session
 

Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds in Expiratory Air Generated during     Electrocautery - Michael Dolch

 

Real-Time Monitoring of Propofol in Expiratory Air in Children during Total Intravenous Anesthesia - Michael Dolch

 

Real-Time Monitoring of Propofol in Expiratory Air using Ion-Molecular-Reaction Mass Spectrometry - Michael Dolch

 

Fractionated Collection of Exhaled Breath and; Analysis of Exhalable Metabolites by Using IMS - Gunther Becher

 

Different Ion Mobility Spectrometers as Detectors of Breath Volatiles - Veronika Ruzsanyi

 

Reproducible Measurement of Acetone in Breath using Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry - Michael Epton

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Environmental Considerations
Chairs: Joachim Pleil
10:00 am

Role of Exhaled Breath Biomarkers in Environmental Health Science - Joachim Pleil

  Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
10:30 am

Quantitation of 1,3-Butadiene Kinetics using Exhaled Breath Concentrations as a Biomarker of Exposure - David Kim

10:45 am Measurements of Air Pollutant Biomarkers with Exhaled Breath Techniques - Michael Madden
11:00 am ecent Developments in Human Biomonitoring: Non-Invasive Assessment of Target Tissue Dose and Effects of Pneumotoxic Metals (Review) - Antonio Mutti
11:15 am

Exhaled Nitric Oxide as Noninvasive Marker of Airway Inflammation in  Occupational Settings - Massimo Corradi

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Mass Spectrometry and Benchtop Instrumentation II
Clinical Application of Mass Spectrometry Technologies
Chair: Hideo Ueda

11:30 am Overview of Mass Spectrometry and Clinical Applications - Hideo Ueda
12:00 pm Absolute Levels of some Trace Metabolites in Human Breath and their Distributions - David Smith
12:30 pm Lunch, Exhibits, Posters
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Clinical Application of Mass Spectrometry Technologies
Chair: Hideo Ueda

  Selected Oral Presentations
1:30 pm

A Breath Test to Determine Total Body Water from Deuterium Dilution: Does It Add Value in the Assessment of Fluid Status in Haemodialysis Patients? - Simon Davies

1:40 pm Analysis of the Breath of Children with Cystic Fibrosis and Asthma - Beth Enderby
1:50 pm 13C/12C-Stable Isotope Breath Tests -The Different and Successful Concept of Breath Testing! - Guenter Wagner
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Selected Topics in Clinical Breath Testing
Lung Cancer screening: Can breath analysis meet the Challenge?
Chairs: Peter Mazzone, Anton Amann, Raed A. Dweik

2:00 pm Overview of Screening for Lung Cancer and the Role of Breath Analysis - Peter Mazzone
2:30 pm

Detection of Lung Cancer by Analysis of Exhaled Breath - Anton Amann

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Breath Testing in the Critically Ill: Achievements and Challenges
Chairs: Jochen Schubert, Nandor Marczin

3:00 pm

Crescendo or Diminuendo for Exhaled Breath Monitoring of Acute Lung Injury?:
From Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Gas Phase Metabolomics - Nandor Marczin

3:30 pm Refreshment Break, Exhibits, Posters
  Poster Session
 

Early Lung Cancer Detection using Ion Mobility Spectrometry Data of Human Breath - Jörg Ingo Baumbach

 

Detection of 2-Pentylfuran in the Breath of Patients with Chronic Lung Disease Who Have Been Colonised or Infected with Aspergillus Fumigatus - Mona Syhre

 

Breathhydrogen Gas for Monitoring Movement of Intestinal Gas in Patients with Small-Bowel Pseudo-Obstruction - Yoshihisa Urita

 

Delayed Appearance of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde in the Skin Gas after Alcohol Ingestion - Akito Shimouchi

 

Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCS) from the Lung Cancer Cellline A549 in Vitro: Possible Use as Tumor Markers - Anton Amann

 

Measurement of Acetone and Isoprene in Exhaled Breath and its Significance - Hideo Ueda

 

Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)
Chair: Anton Amann

4:00 pm Faecalvolatile Organic Compounds in the Diagnosis of Necrotising Enterocolitis -    Katy Garner
4:15 pm Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Exhaled Breath from Liver Disease Patients - Tanzeela Khalid
4:30 pm

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Output Measurment using Carboxyhemoglobin Densitometry by Breath Analysis - Makoto Sawano

4:45 pm

Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS) Measurement of Breath Ammonia Reduction Ratio (ARR) Measures Dialysis Efficacy - Jenny Scotter

5:00 pm

Volatile Analyses of the Headspace of Urine for the Diagnosis of Disease in Humans - Steve Smith

5:15 pm Changes in the Mass Spectrums of Breath and Skin Gas during Exercise - Akito Shimouchi
5:30 pm

Gastric Air Bubble may Reflect Functional Disorder of Lower Esophageal Sphincter - Yoshihisa Urita

5:45 pm Closing Remarks - Raed A. Dweik and Gary Hunter
6:00 pm

Reception of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy

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  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
7:00 am

Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
MBNA Conference Center, 3rd Floor

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New and Cutting Edge Sensor Technologies
Moderator: Gary Hunter

8:00 am

Overview - Gary Hunter

 

Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME)

8:30 am

Online Measurement of Acetone in Expiratory Air by Mass Spectrometry during Cardiac Surgery - Michael Dolch

8:45 am PTR-MS Analysis of Microbial VOCS for the Detection of Pathogens - Michael Bunge
9:00 am

Novel Microfabricated Sensors for Real-Time Breath Analysis - Cristina Davis

9:15 am Breath Biomarker for Infectious Disease Measured using a Laser Based Sensor - Chad Roller
9:30 am

Development of a Compact Optical Sensor for Real-Time, Breath-by-Breath Detection of Oxygen - Conor Burke

9:45 am Chemical Sensors based on Nanowires of Discotic Molecules - Yael Zilberman
10:00 am Refreshment Break & Exhibits
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Selected Topics: Society and Applications
Chairs: Anton Amann, Raed A. Dweik, Gary Hunter

  Selected Abstract Presentations (non-CME
10:20 am

Breath Tests in Personalized Medicine: A Comprehensive Overview - Anil Modak

10:35 am Relationship between Expiratory Gases and Obesity in a Japanese Population - Yamai Kiyonori
 

Relationship between Expiratory Carbon Monoxide and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Species in a Japanese Population - Yamai Kiyonori

 

Relationship between Expiratory Carbon Monoxide and Diabetes Mellitus in a Japanese Population - Yamai Kiyonori

 

Relationship between Expiratory Gases and Habitual Physical Activity in a Japanese Population - Yamai Kiyonori

10:55 am What is Needed to Take an Innovation into Clinical Practice? - Mats Carlson
11:10 am A Portable Unit for Metabolic Analysis (PUMA) - Daniel Dietrich
11:25 am Breath Analysis of Tuberculosis with Differential Mobility Spectrometry - Jose Trevejo
11:40 am

Panel Discussion: Future Directions
Moderators: Gary Hunter, Raed Dweik and Anton Amann
Panel: Serpil C. Erzurum, Benjamin Gaston, Alan Gelperin, Gary Hunter, Nandor Marczin, Joachim Pleil, Terence Risby, Jochen Schubert, David Smith, Patrik Spanel, Hideo Ueda

12:15 pm Closing Remarks
12:30 pm Adjourn
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