Nasal nitric oxide to diagnose primary ciliary dyskinesia in newborns

Retrospective data suggest that approximately half of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) have symptoms of neonatal respiratory distress. Respiratory distress syndrome in a full term infant should therefore raise PCD as a potential underlying disease.1,2 The non-invasive measurement of nasal nitric oxide (NO) is of diagnostic value in adults and children with PCD,1,3 but similar information is not available for neonates with PCD. A 3550 g male infant was delivered after uncomplicated …