diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide
Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis
... diffusing capacity. However, the results of studies focussing on the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL CO ) in CF are largely contradictory, as a spectrum of elevated, ...
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CARBON MONOXIDE UPTAKE AND PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE
... CARBON MONOXIDE UPTAKE AND PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE Giles F... CARBON MONOXIDE UPTAKE AND PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY IN NORMAL SUBJEC[r] ...
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PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY: A COMPARISON OF BREATH HOLDING AND STEADY STATE METHODS USING CARBON MONOXIDE
... In 16 normal subjects and 125 patients with cardiac or respiratory disease, measurements of the diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide DL were made by both the single breath[r] ...
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THE MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY FOR CARBON MONOXIDE BY A REBREATHING METHOD
... The DL calculated from this final phase of the CO curve approaches the true DL of the model most closely when both DL/VA and DL/VA are uniform Example 1, Table IV, but the variations fro[r] ...
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Functional Significance of a Low Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide
... Assuming that the mean difference between alveolar and capillary blood oxygen tension is Vo2/1.23 X DMCO, we corrected the first approximation to membrane diffusing capacity as follows: [r] ...
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A STUDY OF THE MECHANISM BY WHICH EXERCISE INCREASES THE PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY FOR CARBON MONOXIDE
... Effect of a combination of albumin infusion with increased ventilation on the steady state DL To investigate the possibility that increased pulmonary vascular pressures could enhance the[r] ...
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Impact of diabetes mellitus on functional exercise capacity and pulmonary functions in patients with diabetes and healthy persons
... transfer capacity of CO is ...the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, which impedes a clear interpretation of the obtained results ...
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Patterns of diffuse parenchymal lung disease manifestations in collagen vascular disease and in relation to DLCO
... In SS impairment of the transfer factor (or diffusing capacity) for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is present. A reduced DLCO is the most common and most sensitive PFT abnormality in patients with ...
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A Standardized Breath Holding Technique for the Clinical Measurement of the Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide
... althat no cent rise above the resting level by the breath significant per Present evidence suggests are produced holding technique, not significantly different from terations in the pulm[r] ...
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Maximal Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide
... At rest the pulmonary capillary blood volumes of the patients with mitral stenosis were consistently above normal, presumably as a consequence of the higher capillary pressures in the pa[r] ...
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STUDIES OF RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY IN CHILDREN
... In spite of considerable individual varia- tion, total diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, diffusing capacity of the pul- monary membrane and pulmonary capillary blood volume were al[r] ...
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The changing landscape of pulmonary arterial hypertension and implications for patient care
... exercise capacity and present with multiple ...lower diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide who are generally older and display more severe disease ...
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Overlaps and uncertainties of smoking-related idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
... Abbreviations: DIP, desquamative interstitial pneumonia; DLco, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; F, female; GGO, groundglass opacity; ILD, interstitial lung disease;[r] ...
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Pulmonary gas exchange in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients with liver arteriovenous malformations
... Background: The severity of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) disease is generally related to vascular visceral involvement represented by arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) ...
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Skin thickness score as a surrogate marker of organ involvements in systemic sclerosis: a retrospective observational study
... predicted diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; %FVC: Percentage of predicted forced vital capacity; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; Ab: Antibody; ACR: American College ...
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Paradoxical worsening of hypoxemia in a patient treated by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for obesity hypoventilation syndrome with concomitant obstructive sleep apnea: a case report
... lung capacity and forced expiratory volume in one second/vital capacity (FEV1/VC) were normal but single- breath diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) was ...
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Epidemiology and disease characteristics of systemic sclerosis related pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from a real life screening programme
... Abbreviations ASCS: Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study; ASIG: Australian Scleroderma Interest Group; DLCO: Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide corrected for haemoglobin; [r] ...
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THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN VENTILATION AND PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW ON THE DIFFUSING CAPACITY OF THE LUNG
... THE EFFECT OF MINUTE VENTILATION VTE AND PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW Q ON THE DIFFUSING CAPACITY OF THE LUNG FOR CARBON MONOXIDE DLco IN NoRMAL SUBJECTS AND IN PATIENTS WITH MITRAL STENOSIS, AT[r] ...
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Associations between circulating endostatin levels and vascular organ damage in systemic sclerosis and mixed connective tissue disease: an observational study
... DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; FVC: forced vital capacity; HRCT: high-resolution computed tomography; IQR: interquartile range; lcSSc: limited cutaneous SSc; ...
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miR 155 in the progression of lung fibrosis in systemic sclerosis
... of diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; %FVC, percentage of forced vital capacity; ANOVA, analysis of variance; CCL18, chemokine C-C motif ligand 18; cDNA, complementary ...
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