Acting as a one-two punch, spirometry and a DLCO test allow for earlier detection of lung disease, creating differential diagnosis from COPD to asthma to cardiovascular disease, and deciding the ...

PFTs are of three basic types: spirometry, lung volumes, and lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). 3 Spirometry measures the airflow and lung capacity.

A single breath test, DLCO is considered to be one of the most clinically valuable tests of lung function. The advanced mobile EasyOne Pro PFT device makes DLCO and full PFT testing available anywhere ...

Lung diffusion tests measure how well a person’s lungs take in oxygen from the air. This test helps diagnose and monitor a range of lung-related conditions. Learn about its uses, procedure, and ...

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 ...

An important observation was that pulmonary function test abnormalities at baseline, particularly lower forced expiratory volume in 1 second after bronchodilator, DLCO, and FeNO, the authors report.

An FVC <80% predicted performed at only 63% sensitivity and an false negative rate of 37%. Total lung capacity or DLCO <80% predicted had a sensitivity of 46% and 80%, respectively.

PURPOSE: To determine whether changes in whole-lung pulmonary function test (PFT) values are related to the sum of predicted radiation therapy (RT)-induced changes in regional lung perfusion. PATIENTS ...

We performed serial pulmonary function tests (PFTs) consisting of spirometry and diffusing capacity in 26 children after BMT. The median follow-up was 10 years. The influence of total body ...