本研究针对DLCO测量变异性缺乏循证解读标准的问题，通过分析5069例稳定肺功能患者的重复测量数据，揭示了DLCO存在显著会话间变异（90th百分位数达3.5 mL/min/mmHg），并发现变异程度与基线DLCO值呈异方差性相关。研究者创新提出了基于基线DLCO分层的混合阈值体系 ...

特发性肺纤维化（IPF）是一种以肺间质进行性纤维化为特征的致命性疾病，肺功能不可逆下降与高死亡率是其核心特征。长期以来，临床多以用力肺活量（FVC）下降≥5% 或≥10%、一氧化碳弥散量（DLCO）下降≥15% 作为判断疾病进展和预后不良的 “金标准”。

这篇研究通过对比HIV感染者与非感染者的肺功能参数，揭示了HIV感染与肺弥散功能(DLCO)下降的显著关联。研究发现DLCO与CD4+T ...

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Pulmonary function testing serves 2 important clinical goals: (1) categorizing the physiologic impairment from lung disease (ie, obstructive, restrictive, etc) and (2) quantifying the degree of ...

Long-term survival and competing causes of death in men with stage I seminoma. Background: Lung function testing (LFT) during chemotherapy with bleomycin is controversial. We describe the impact of ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PulmOne USA Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with Circassia Pharmaceuticals to offer the NIOX VERO ® fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) airway ...