Lung clearance index in healthy volunteers, measured using a novel portable system with a closed circuit wash-in.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive measure of early lung disease, but adoption into clinical practice has been slow. Challenges include the time taken to perform each test. We recently described a closed-circuit inert gas wash-in method that reduces overall te...

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Main Authors: Alex R Horsley, Amnah Alrumuh, Brooke Bianco, Katie Bayfield, Joanne Tomlinson, Andrew Jones, Anirban Maitra, Steve Cunningham, Jaclyn Smith, Catherine Fullwood, Anand Pandyan, Francis J Gilchrist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229300