In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, higher risk of mortality and lung transplant is linked to small decreases in FVC% predicted and DLCO% predicted.

Background—Pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (Dlco), alveolar capillary membrane diffusing capacity (Dm), and pulmonary capillary blood volume (Vc) are all significantly reduced after ...

an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." That is precisely what happened after Congress set up the Smithsonian Institution in 1846. But not even James Smithson ...