Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3385571 | Revista Colombiana de Reumatología | 2011 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
The DLCO was introduced as a clinical test by Marie Krogh in 1915, but the measurement never caught on because methods of measuring carbon monoxide were so cumbersome. In the 1950s, with the introduction of the infra-red CO meter (developed in Germany, in World War II) interest in the DLCO revived, and several different methods for measuring DLCO in patients with pulmonary diseases were in use various steady state methods, the single breath and rebreathing techniques.
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Authors
Sergio Alexander Mora Alfonso, Juan Manuel Bello Gualtero, John Londoño, Rafael Raúl Valle-Oñate, Gerardo Quintana,