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Rapid detection of sepsis in rats through volatile organic compounds in breath

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Background: Sepsis is one of the main causes of death in adult intensive care units. The major drawbacks of the different methods used for its diagnosis and monitoring are their inability to provide fast responses and unsuitability for bedside use. In this study, performed using a rat sepsis model, we evaluate breath analysis with Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) as a fast, portable and non-invasive strategy. Methods: This study was carried out on 20 Sprague-Dawley rats. Ten rats were injected with lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli and ten rats were IP injected with regular saline. After a 24-h period, the rats were anaesthetized and their exhaled breaths were collected and measured with IMS and SPME-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) and the data were analyzed with multivariate data processing techniques. Results: The SPME-GC/MS dataset processing showed 92% accuracy in the discrimination between the two groups, with a confidence interval of between 90.9% and 92.9%. Percentages for sensitivity and specificity were 98% (97.5-98.5%) and 85% (84.6-87.6%), respectively. The IMS database processing generated an accuracy of 99.8% (99.7-99.9%), a specificity of 99.6% (99.5-99.7%) and a sensitivity of 99.9% (99.8-100%). Conclusions: IMS involving fast analysis times, minimum sample handling and portable instrumentation can be an alternative for continuous bedside monitoring. IMS spectra require data processing with proper statistical models for the technique to be used as an alternative to other methods. These animal model results suggest that exhaled breath can be used as a point-of-care tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of sepsis.

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Compostos orgànics volàtils, Rates (Animals de laboratori), Espectrometria de masses

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Volatile organic compounds, Rats as laboratory animals, Mass spectrometry

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GUAMÁN NOVILLO, Ana Verónica, et al. Rapid detection of sepsis in rats through volatile organic compounds in breath. Journal Of Chromatography B-Analytical Technologies In The Biomedical And Life Sciences. 2012. Vol. 881-882, num. 76-82. ISSN 1570-0232. [consulted: 10 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/187940

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