Lung clearance index in detection of post-transplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome

Background Long-term outcomes after lung transplantation are often limited by the development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), which is clinically defined using spirometry as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Lung clearance index (LCI), derived from multiple breath washout (MBW) testing, i...

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Main Authors: Madeleine Driskel, Alex Horsley, Laurice Fretwell, Nigel Clayton, Mohamed Al-Aloul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2019-10-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/4/00164-2019.full