Diffusing capacity: How to get it right

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 777-782

  Jensen, Robert L ^a,b   Crapo, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; DLCO; Diffusing capacity; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; BREATH HOLDING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; EXHALATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VITAL CAPACITY; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0042831162     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Comroe JH Jr. Pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). Am Rev Repir Dis 1975;111(2):225-228.
2. Krogh M. The diffusion of gases through the lungs of man. J Physiol 1914;49:271-300.
3. Forster RE, Fowler D, Bates V, Van Lingen B. The absorption of carbon monoxide by the lungs during breathholding. J Clin Invest 1954;33:1135-1145.
4. American Thoracic Society. Single-breath carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (transfer factor): recommendations for a standard technique - 1995 update. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995;152(6 Pt 1):2185-2198.
5. Wanger J, Irvin C. Comparability of pulmonary function results from 13 laboratories in a metropolitan area. Respir Care 1991;36(12):1375-1382.
6. Wanger J. Editor-in Chief. Pulmonary function laboratory management and procedure manual. A project of the American Thoracic Society. 1998. Available at http://www.thoracic.org/education/lab-manual. asp (accessed 6/11/03).
7. Glissmeyer EW, Jensen RL, Crapo RO, Greenway LW. Initial testing with a carbon monoxide diffusing capacity simulator (abstract). J Investig Med 1999;47:37A.
8. American Thoracic Society. Lung function testing: selection of reference values and interpretative strategies. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144(5):1202-1218.
9. Crapo RO, Jensen RL. Standards and interpretive issues in lung function testing. Respir Care 2003;48(8):764-772.