Bioengineering & translational medicine.
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
Frequency: Quarterly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
American Institute of Chemical Engineers,, Society for Biological Engineering,
Start Year:2016 -
ISSN:
2380-6761 (Electronic)
2380-6761 (Linking)
2380-6761 (Linking)
Impact Factor
7.4
2023
| NLM ID: | 101689146 |
| (OCoLC): | 919319796 |
| LCCN: | 2015203492 |
| Classification: | W1 |
Administration of pilocarpine by microneedle patch as a novel method for cystic fibrosis sweat testing. The sweat test is the gold standard for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF). The test utilizes iontophoresis to administer pilocarpine to the skin to induce sweating for measurement of chloride concentration in sweat. However, the sweat test procedure needs to be conducted in an accredited lab with dedicated instrumentation, and it can lead to inadequate sweat samples being collected in newborn babies and young children due to variable sweat production with pilocarpine iontophoresis. We tested the feasibility of using microneedle (MN) patches as an alternative to iontophoresis to administer ...