DLCO versus DLCO/VA as predictors of pulmonary gas exchange

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 989-994

  Kaminsky, David A ^a   Whitman, Todd ^a   Callas, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar volume; Diffusing capacity; Gas exchange; Transfer coefficient; Transfer factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORMAL VALUE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34047133230     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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