Executive Summary: 2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung.

Authors :: Graham BL
Brusasco V
Burgos F
Cooper BG
Jensen R
Kendrick A
MacIntyre NR
Thompson BR
Wanger J
Source :: The European respiratory journal [Eur Respir J] 2017 Jan 03; Vol. 49 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jan 03 (Print Publication: 2017).
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. The full standards are also available online as https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00016-2016 The major changes in these technical standards relate to D <subscript>LCO</subscript> measurement with systems using rapidly responding gas analysers for carbon monoxide and the tracer gas, which are now the most common type of D <subscript>LCO</subscript> instrumentation being manufactured. Technical improvements and the increased capability afforded by these new systems permit enhanced measurement of D <subscript>LCO</subscript> and the opportunity to include other optional measures of lung function.<br /> (Copyright ©ERS 2017.)

Subjects :: Breath Tests methods
Europe
Humans
Lung Diseases physiopathology
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Respiratory Function Tests standards
Societies, Medical
United States
Carbon Monoxide
Lung Diseases diagnosis

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