Emphysema estimated by quantitative HRCT is related to DLCO and KCO

T. Grydeland, E. Thorsen, H. Coxson, A. Dirksen, S. Sharma, S. Pillai, W. Anderson, R. Jensen, A. Gulsvik, P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway; Vancouver, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; RTP, Salt Lake City, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Environmental and genetic risk factors for asthma and COPD
Session: Environmental and genetic risk factors for asthma and COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 402
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
T. Grydeland, E. Thorsen, H. Coxson, A. Dirksen, S. Sharma, S. Pillai, W. Anderson, R. Jensen, A. Gulsvik, P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway; Vancouver, Canada; Copenhagen, Denmark; RTP, Salt Lake City, United States Of America). Emphysema estimated by quantitative HRCT is related to DLCO and KCO. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, 402

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
An abnormal DLCO measurement
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Airway diseases
Year: 2020


Does the decrease in KCO go typically with DLCO decrease in obstructive pulmonary diseases? The relationship with DLCO, KCO, VA and VA/TLC in patients with COPD>
Source: International Congress 2018 – Functional assessment of COPD
Year: 2018

Expiratory quantitative HRCT parameters reflect better than inspiratory parameters pulmonary disfunction in COPD
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 10s
Year: 2001

Prevalence of abnormal lung volumes, DLCO and chest HRCT in smokers with normal spirometry
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Novel biomarkers and old parameters in clinical management of lung diseases
Year: 2013

Distinguishing hyperinflation from combined restriction in patients with reduced FEV1/FVC and FVC on spirometry
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 202s
Year: 2006

Improved survival with increased IC/TLC ratio, DLCO and FEV1 in an analysis of a COPD pulmonary function database
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Lung and airway function
Year: 2011


The relationship between pulmonary function tests, HRCT, and quantitative ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy in COPD
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 255s
Year: 2002

Correlation between spirometric indices (FEV1, FVC) and lung diffusion values (DLCO) in subjects with varying severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Primary care respiratory problems
Year: 2007


Comparison of pre and post-bronchodilator single-breath and re-breathe DLCO values amongst healthy, asthmatic and COPD subjects
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –New issues in lung function testing
Year: 2013


Accuracy for DLco impairment through ventilatory efficiency indices in smokers without COPD.
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Lung function evaluation and assessment of airway diseases
Year: 2021


FEV6 and FEV1/FEV6 have higher association with small airway function and oxygen saturation than FVC and FEV1/FVC in patients with asthma.
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Lung function tests and exhaled biomarkers
Year: 2020

Roles of transthoracic lung ultrasonography in diagnosis of interstitial lung disease: correlation with  HRCT, vital capacity, diffusing of the lung for monoxide test
Source: International Congress 2018 – News on the diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
Year: 2018

The role of spirometry and ?arbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DLCO) in the diagnosis of pulmonary function in patients after COVID-19 pneumonia
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Pulmonary rehabilitation in the COVID-19 era
Year: 2021


Mortality versus FEV1, KCO and CT lung density measured at baseline in the UK alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency assessment programme
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 91s
Year: 2001

Pattern of diffusion disturbance related to clinical diagnosis: the KCO has no additional diagnostic value next to the DLCO
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 523s
Year: 2005

Emphysema and respiratory bronchiolitis (RB) on high resolution computed tomography of the thorax (HRCT) in smokers with normal spirometry
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –A modern approach to lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Year: 2013



Elevation of diffusing lung capacity (TLCO) in asthmatic children as a result of ventilation/perfusion disorder
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 495s
Year: 2003

Association of the transfer coefficient of the lung for carbon monoxide with emphysema progression in male smokers
Source: Eur Respir J 2011; 38: 1012-1018
Year: 2011