Single breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide: Effects of adjustment for inspired volume dead space, carbon dioxide, hemoglobin and carboxyhemoglobin

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-62

  Viegi, Giovanni ^a,b   Baldi, Simonetta ^a   Begliomini, Enrico ^a   Ferdeghini, Ezio M ^a   Pistelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide diffusing capacity; Carboxyhemoglobin; Dead space; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031884623     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029227     Document Type: Article

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