Lung Clearance Index (LCI) in Patients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans: A Preliminary Report and Comparison to Cystic Fibrosis Patients

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• 作者：Michal Gur ; Karin Yaacoby-Bianu ; Anat Ilivitzki ; Ronen Bar-Yoseph ; Vered Nir…
• 关键词：Lung clearance index ; Bronchiolitis obliterans ; Cystic fibrosis ; Computed tomography
• 刊名：Lung
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：194
• 期：6
• 页码：1007-1013
• 全文大小：439 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Pneumology and Respiratory System
  
• 出版者：Springer New York
• ISSN：1432-1750
• 卷排序：194

文摘

IntroductionBronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a chronic airway disease following an insult to the lower respiratory tract. Lung clearance index (LCI) measures ventilation inhomogeneity and has been studied in cystic fibrosis (CF). We aimed to evaluate LCI in BO and to compare it to LCI in CF patients.