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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2019-10-01
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Series: | ERJ Open Research |
Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/5/4/00164-2019.full |