The cardinal function of the lungs is to arterialize mixed venous blood to meet the body's
varying metabolic demands. Normal lungs have a large functional reserve and are able to …

Pulmonary function tests (PFT) remain the most accurate means of quantifying the severity of
diffuse lung disease. PFT are an essential aide to the identification or exclusion of early …

Despite evidence that hyperpolarised 129-Xenon (129Xe) MRI, combined with proton MRI,
is able to provide useful structural and functional data, its clinical application has been …

ÖZET İnterstisyel Akciğer Hastalığı (İAH)'nda solunum fonksiyon testleri (SFT)'nde temel
olarak saptanan bozukluk restriksiyondur. Restriktif tip ventilasyon bozukluğunun temel …

Spirometry is the most commonly used pulmonary function tests (PFTs), measuring lung
function, specifically volume and/or flow of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. The …

In this study, we measured lung function and lung diffusing capacity of Jeju women divers
who were gathering activities in the sea waters of the low temperature. The results …

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate multi-slice computed tomography
technology to quantify functional and physiologic changes in rats with pulmonary …

Although chest radiographic abnormalities are present in 85Á95 percent of patients with
sarcoidosis, many are asymptomatic whereas other patients experience progressive …

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are fibrotic disorders with chronic inflammation and
fibrinogenesis leading to lung scaring and lung function decline. Ultimately, progressive …

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP) combine several diseases from the group of interstitial
lung disease characterized by many similar signs: unknown etiology, progressive exertional …