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Gastroenterol Nurs.?2009 Jan-Feb;32(1):19-24; quiz 25-6. doi: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181965d2d. Hydrogen breath testing in adults: what is it and why is it performed? Lindberg DA1. Abstract A hydrogen breath test is a safe, easy-to-perform, 2-to 3-hour outpatient procedure used to identify the presence of small intestine bacterial overgrowth, evaluate carbohydrate maldigestion or malabsorption, and measure intestinal transit time. Breath sample analysis can reveal bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine by the characteristic early rise in breath hydrogen concentration (i.e., an earlier-than-ex