Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung. 
  • A controlled trial of sildenafil in advanced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Alveolar barrier function assessed by hydrophobic and hydrophilic fluorescent solutes in rabbit lung. 
  • Characterization of diffusing capacity and perfusion of the rat lung in a lipopolysaccaride disease model using hyperpolarized 129Xe. 
  • DLCO: adjust for lung volume, standardised reporting and interpretation. 
  • Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. 
  • Diffusion limitation in normal humans during exercise at sea level and simulated altitude. 
  • Impact of Pulmonary Function Measurements on Long-Term Survival After Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. 
  • Intersession variability in single-breath diffusing capacity in diabetics without overt lung disease. 
  • Intrabreath analysis of carbon monoxide uptake during exercise in patients at risk for lung injury. 
  • Intrabreath diffusing capacity of the lung in healthy individuals at rest and during exercise. 
  • Isolation of mycobacteria in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. 
  • Long-term intersession variability for single-breath diffusing capacity. 
  • Measurements of regional alveolar oxygen pressure using hyperpolarized 3He MRI. 
  • Measuring diffusion limitation with a perfusion-limited gas--hyperpolarized 129Xe gas-transfer spectroscopy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 
  • Nonlinear increases in diffusing capacity during exercise by seated and supine subjects. 
  • Normal values for single exhalation diffusing capacity and pulmonary capillary blood flow in sitting, supine positions, and during mild exercise. 
  • Pulmonary function testing after stereotactic body radiotherapy to the lung. 
  • Real-time gas analysis improves the measurement of single-breath diffusing capacity. 
  • Regional diffusing capacity in normal lungs during a slow exhalation. 
  • Rest and exercise cardiac output and diffusing capacity assessed by a single slow exhalation of methane, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. 
  • Short-term progression of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis predicts long-term survival in two independent clinical trial cohorts. 
  • Spatially resolved measurements of hyperpolarized gas properties in the lung in vivo. Part I: diffusion coefficient. 
  • Spatially resolved measurements of hyperpolarized gas properties in the lung in vivo. Part II: T *(2). 
  • Standardization of the single-breath diffusing capacity in a multicenter clinical trial. 
  • The 1995 update of recommendations for a standard technique for measuring the single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (transfer factor) 
  • Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with acceptable morbidity and mortality in patients with predicted postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second or diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide less than 40% of normal. 
  • Video-assisted wedge resection and local radiotherapy for peripheral lung cancer in high-risk patients: the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 9335, a phase II, multi-institutional cooperative group study. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Driehuys, Bastiaan, Professor of Radiology, Physics
  • Huang, Yuh-Chin Tony, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
  • Johnson, G. Allan, Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology, Physics
  • Moon, Richard Edward, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine