Importance of adjusting carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) and carbon monoxide transfer coefficient (KCO) for alveolar volume

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-37

  Johnson, D C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; DLCO; DLCO VA; Emphysema; Interstitial lung disease; KCO; Lung volume; Normals; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; TERMINOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034005020     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0740     Document Type: Article

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