Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters in English

• I. Kushch, N. Korenev, L. Kamarchuk, A. Pospelov, L.G. Bajenov, M. K. Kabulov, A. Amann, G. Kamarchuk About  importance  of  developing  new  generation  of  noninvasive  tests  for  diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection (2014) Accepted for publication at the J Breath Res.
• G.V. Kamarchuk, A.P. Pospelov, L.V. Kamarchuk, I.G. Kushch (2014) Point-Contact Sensors and Their Medical  Applications  for  Breath  Analysis:  a  Review  In: “Nanobiophysics:  Fundamentals  and Applications” Pan Stanford Publishing, Singapore. V. Karachentsev, Ed. Ch. 11, 301-349.
• Kushch I  , Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Alexandrov Y, and Kamarchuk G  (2014) New possibilities in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection by the non-urease products of its activity.Selected papers from 8th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease WSPID). Medimond International Proceedings, 89-93.
• Kamarchuk G, Pospelov A, Kushch I. (2013) Sensors for exhaled gas analysis: an analytical review In: "Volatile biomarkers: non-invasive diagnosis in physiology and medicine". A. Amann and D. Smith, Eds. (Elsevier, Amsterdam). Ch. 15, 265-300.
• Kushch I , Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Alexandrov Y, and Kamarchuk G (2010). Sensors for Breath Analysis: An Advanced Approach to Express Diagnostics and Monitoring of Human Diseases. Biodefence NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Mikhalovsky S and Khajibaev A, Eds. (Springer Science+Business Media B. V.). Ch. 7, 63-75.
• Kushch I , Schwarz K, Schwentner L, Baumann B, Dzien A, Schmid A, Unterkofler K, Gastl G, Spanel P, Smith D, Amann A (2008). Compounds enhanced in a mass-spectrometric profile of smokers' exhaled breath versus non- smokers as determined in a pilot study using PTR-MS. J Breath Res. 2, 026002 (26pp).
• Kushch I, Arendacka B, Stolz S, Mochalski P, Filipiak W, Schwarz K, Schwentner L, Schmid A, Dzien A, Lechleitner M, Witkovsky V, Miekisch W, Schubert J, Unterkofler K, Amann A (2008) Breath isoprene -aspects of normal physiology related to age, gender and cholesterol profile as determined in a PTR-MS study. Clin Chem Lab Med. 46(7): 1011-8.
• Kamarchuk G, Pospelov O, Alexandrov Yu, Yeremenko A, Kravchenko A, Kushch I, Kamarchuk L, Faulques E (2005). TCNQ derivatives-based sensors for breath gas analysis. In: Breath Analysis for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring. Amann A and Smith D, Eds.  - World Scientific, Singapore, 85-99.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles in Russian

• Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Butenko A, Kushch I Sizes and shapes of the stomach of adolescents with gastric dyspepsia (2013) International Journal of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 4(1): 32-3.
• Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Kushch I Gastric motility disorders in adolescents with chronic gastroduodenal pathology: using gastric emptying scintigraphy (2012). Bulletin of V. Karazin Kharkiv National University. 19(2): 168-9.
• Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Butenko A, Kushch I Functional dyspepsia in Ukrainian adolescents from the  prospective of the Rome criteria (2011) International Journal of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol. 2: 76-7.
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L Nutritional status of children with uninvestigated dyspepsia (2010)  Contemporary Pediatrics Vol. 5: 184-6.
• Kamarchuk L, Butenko A, Kushch I Social and living conditions of children with chronic dyspepsia (2010)   International Journal of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology. 72 (4): 56.
• Kushch I (2010) Investigation of breath gas of adolescents with chronic dyspepsia using new gas sensors. Methodological approaches. Bulletin of V. Karazin Kharkiv National University. 774 (14): 102-7.
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Kamarchuk G, Pospelov O (2009) Breath gas analysis using new gas sensors in adolescents with chronic gastroduodenal pathology. Medical Practice. 6 (60): 58-62.
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Kamarchuk G, Pospelov O (2008). Results of new breath test in adolescents with chronic gastroduodenal pathology at different state of gastric acidity. Cont Gastroenterol - 6 (38): 43 - 6.
• Pospelov O, Alexandrov Yu, Pletnev A, Kushch I, Kamarchuk G (2007). Active type sensors for breath gas analysis. Sens Electronics Microsys Techn 4: 49 - 54.

Invited talks/posters

• Kushch I., Korenev N., Kamarchuk L., Butenko A., Alexandrov Yu., Kamarchuk G. Gastric emptyingpatterns in functional dyspepsia with consideration of H. pylori infection. Japan Digestive Disease Week (JDDW) Kobe, Japan, October 23-26 2014 (Invited Speaker).
• Kushch I., Korenev N., Kamarchuk L., Butenko A., Alexandrov Yu., Kamarchuk G  I. About the importance of developing a new generation of noninvasive tests for diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection. 8th International Conference on Breath Research & Cancer Diagnosis (Breath’2014), July 6-9, 2014, Toruń, Poland (Invited Speaker).
• Kushch I., Korenev N., Kamarchuk L., Pospelov A., Alexandrov Yu., Kamarchuk G. New possibilities in diagnosing Helicobacter pylori infection: more accurate results in patients with hypochlorhydria and atrophic  gastritis. 8th  World  Congress  of  the  World  Society  for  Pediatric  Infectious  Diseases (WSPID)  Cape Town, South Africa, November 19-22, 2013 (Talk).
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Alexandrov Yu, Kamarchuk G Conceptually new
  Helicobacter pylori breath test shows no false positive reactions typical for conventional urea breath tests in patients  with  hypochlorhydria  and  atrophic  gastritis.  The 27th  Congress  of  International  Pediatric Association, August 24-29, 2013 Melbourne, Australia (Talk).
• Kushch I, Arendacka B, Amann A. Breath gas analysis: the noninvasive future of medical testing. IFCC  WorldLab and EuroMedLab, May 15-19, 2011 Berlin, Germany (Talk).
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Alexandrov Yu, Kamarchuk G Sensors for breath analysis: the advanced approach to express diagnosis and monitoring of human diseases. NATO ASI2010 Biodefence: Advanced materials and methods for health protection. June 1-10, 2010 Tashkent, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (Talk)
• Kushch  I,  Korenev  N,  Kamarchuk  L,  Pospelov  O,  Aleksandrov  Yu,  Kamarchuk  G.  Non-urease recognition  of  Helicobacter  pylori  infection  using  novel  sensor  technique  for  breath  gas  analysis. International Conference on Breath and Breath Odour Research. April 26-30, 2009. Dortmund, Germany. (Talk).
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L The new approach to noninvasive recognition of helicobacter pylori infection and associated mucosal lesions in the stomach and duodenum. UEGW/WCOG GASTRO 2009 November 21 - 25, 2009. London/United Kingdom (Poster).
• Kushch I, Korenev N, Kamarchuk L, Pospyelov A, Alexandrov Yu, Kamarchuk G. Non-invasive recognition of gastroduodenal mucosal damage: new possibilities using sensor techniques for breath gas analysis.  18th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists. October 8-11, 2009. Istanbul, Turkey (Talk).
• Kushch I, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Pletnev A, Kamarchuk G. TCNQ derivatives-based sensors for diagnostic  of  upper  gastrointestinal  disorders.  International  Scientific  Meeting  "Breath  Analysis  in Physiology and Medicine". September 4-5, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic (Talk).
• Pospelov O, Alexandrov Yu, Zaika A, Kushch I, Kamarchuk G. New active type sensors for breath gas analysis. International Scientific Meeting "Breath Analysis in Physiology and Medicine ". September 4-5, 2006. Prague, Czech Republic (Poster).
• Kushch I, Kamarchuk L, Pospelov O, Zaika A, Kamarchuk G. Methodological approaches to investigation of children breath gas by new gas sensors. International Conference: "Breath Analysis for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring". May 26-28, 2005, Innsbruck, Austria (Talk).
• Pospelov O, Kamarchuk G, Zaika A, Alexandrov Yu, Kushch I. Breath gas analysis by active type sensors based on organic compounds. International Conference "Breath Analysis for Medical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring". May 26-28, 2005, Innsbruck, Austria (Poster).
• Kamarchuk G, Pospelov O, Yeremenko A, Kushch I, Kamarchuk L. Selectivity of sensor response to the breath  gas  components  as  a  method  of  noninvasive  diagnostics  of  human  diseases.  International Conference "Breath Gas Analysis for Medical Diagnostics" September 23-26, 2004, Dornbirn, Austria (Poster).