The diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is used to measure the body's ability to transfer oxygen across the alveolar-capillary membrane. [1] Internists use this test to identify ...
Red blood cells (RBCs) are a type of blood cell whose role is to transport oxygen from the lungs to the peripheral tissues of the body. Oxygen diffuses from the alveoli of the lungs into the RBCs, ...
ABNORMALITIES of respiratory function have been observed in scleroderma. 1–5 However, little attention has been paid to the study of the pulmonary function of patients with systemic lupus ...
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