2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung

This document provides an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. Although both D LCO (diffusing capacity) and T LCO (transfer factor) are valid terms to describe the uptake of carbon monoxide in the lung, the term D LCO is used in this document. A joint taskforce appointed by the ERS and ATS reviewed the recent literature on the measurement of D LCO and surveyed the current technical capabilities of instrumentation being manufactured around the world. The recommendations in this document represent the consensus of the taskforce members in regard to the evidence…

• AT
  American Thoracic Society

  Award: FY2015
• ER
  European Respiratory Society

  Award: ERS/ATS TF-2014-19