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ArticleERJ open research2021

The validity of shortened multiple-breath washout testing using sulfur hexafluoride in the assessment of patients with COPD.

Enya Daynes, Neil Greening, John Owers-Bradley, Sally J Singh, Salman Siddiqui

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Article in ERJ open research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Enya DaynesCentre of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory, Leicester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-1649
Neil GreeningCentre of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory, Leicester, UK.
John Owers-BradleySchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Sally J SinghCentre of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory, Leicester, UK.
Salman SiddiquiNIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre - Respiratory, Leicester, UK.
NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCOPD affects the small airways and is associated with ventilation heterogeneity. There are little data on the multiple-breath washout (MBW) in patients with COPD, particularly the variability over 8 weeks, using a shortened sulfur hexafluoride (SF

methodsThe MBW was performed on patients with COPD to determine ventilation heterogeneity globally (LCI), at conductive (S

resultsEighty-four subjects were recruited to perform LCI and spirometry with 20 subjects performing the repeatability protocol. There were weak correlations between forced expiratory volume in 1 s ( FEV

conclusionsThe LCI is repeatable within and between visits. There are weak correlations with measures of spirometry. A shortened LCI

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PMCPMC8326688
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