Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
"Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The amount of a gas taken up, by the pulmonary capillary blood from the alveolar gas, per minute per unit of average pressure of the gradient of the gas across the BLOOD-AIR BARRIER.
| Descriptor ID |
D011653
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.650.650 G09.772.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity" by people in Profiles.
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Change in diffusing capacity after radiation as an objective measure for grading radiation pneumonitis in patients treated for non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Aug 01; 83(5):1573-9.
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Changes in pulmonary function after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, or proton beam therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jul 15; 83(4):e537-43.
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Chronic GVHD and pretransplantation abnormalities in pulmonary function are the main determinants predicting worsening pulmonary function in long-term survivors after stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006 Dec; 12(12):1261-9.
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Respiratory-driven lung tumor motion is independent of tumor size, tumor location, and pulmonary function. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Sep 01; 51(1):62-8.