General Halimeter® Questions

Computer-based recording devices

A wide variety of data of data loggers and so-called paperless recorders are available, which will perform quite well with the Halimeter®. The prospective user is advised to consider the following: 1.     Traditional data loggers, such as Interscan’s TruTrack unit will collect data from a Halimeter examination session, and a unique file can be created, identified…

Unusual breath odors and what they mean

Here is a list of some very uncommon, but telltale, odors (mostly from Mace, Goodman, Centerwall, et al.: The child with an unusual odor. Clinical Pediatrics 15:57-62, 1976). Re-published by Alan Greene MD FAAP  Acetone—diabetes or acetone, alcohol, phenol, or salicylate ingestion   Ammonia—some types of urinary tract infections, or kidney failure   Bitter almonds—cyanide poisoning   Cat’s…