Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

What makes a good lung?

9 Jul 2009 The functional capacity of the human lung as gas exchanger is to a large extent determined by structural design. Quantitative structure-function correlations can be established by morphometry. A very large surface of air-blood contact, together with ... Read more...

Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis.

14 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Due to large-scale destruction, changes in membrane diffusion (Dm) may occur in cystic fibrosis (CF), in correspondence to alterations observed by computed tomography (CT). Dm can be easily quantified via the diffusing capacity for ... Read more...

Effects of the menstrual cycle on lung function variables in women with asthma.

9 Jun 2009 RATIONALE: Angiogenesis is a defining pathologic feature of airway remodeling and contributes to asthma severity. Women experience changes in asthma control over the menstrual cycle, a time when vessels routinely form and regress under the control ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Let's find out the size of these "shunts". 30 Aug 2009
• What makes a good lung? 9 Jul 2009
• Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in relation to morphological changes as assessed by computed tomography in patients with cystic fibrosis. 14 Jun 2009
• Effects of the menstrual cycle on lung function variables in women with asthma. 9 Jun 2009
• Clinical validation of the lower limit of normal in lung diffusing capacity: is the lower 5th percentile really the best cut-off value? 25 May 2009
• Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide lung transfer in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis. 5 May 2009
• Simulation system for a rebreathing technique to measure multiple cardiopulmonary function parameters. 29 Apr 2009
• Quality control: a necessary, but sometimes overlooked, tool for improving respiratory medicine. 30 Mar 2009
• DACO and KACO: how to adjust DLCO and KCO for lung volume. 30 Mar 2009
• Diffusing capacity and alveolar volume. 30 Mar 2009
• Time course of carbon monoxide transfer factor after breath-hold diving. 27 Feb 2009
• Determinants of the long-range apparent diffusion coefficient in the human lung: collateral channels or intra-acinar branching? 27 Feb 2009
• Pulmonary functions testing in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 30 Jan 2009
• Exercise capacity assessment in patients undergoing lung resection. 7 Jan 2009
• Right ventricular function in patients with severe interstitial lung disease: a Tissue Doppler imaging study. 29 Nov 2008
• Peak oxygen consumption during cardiopulmonary exercise test improves risk stratification in candidates to major lung resection. 22 Nov 2008
• Nocturnal oxygen desaturation is a frequent complication in portopulmonary hypertension. 12 Nov 2008
• Association between reduced pulmonary diffusing capacity and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in Type 1 diabetes. 30 Oct 2008
• Pulmonary diffusing capacity for nitric oxide during exercise in morbid obesity. 2 Sep 2008
• Modeling major lung resection outcomes using classification trees and multiple imputation techniques. 27 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity'

Definition: The amount of a gas taken up, by the pulmonary capillary blood from the alveolar gas, per minute per unit of average pressure of the gradient of the gas across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER.

Descriptor UI: D011653

Alternative terms: Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; Capacity, Pulmonary Diffusing; Diffusing Capacity, Pulmonary;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; instrumentation; methods; standards;

Tree Number: E01.370.386.700.650.650; G09.772.600;

History Note: 72(71)

Technical Notes: DF: PULM DIFFUSING CAPAC