PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brian L. Graham
AU  - Vito Brusasco
AU  - Felip Burgos
AU  - Brendan G. Cooper
AU  - Robert Jensen
AU  - Adrian Kendrick
AU  - Neil R. MacIntyre
AU  - Bruce R. Thompson
AU  - Jack Wanger
TI  - Executive Summary: 2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.E0016-2016
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 16E0016
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/1/16E0016.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/1/16E0016.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2017 Jan 01; 49
AB  - This document summarises an update to the European Respiratory Society (ERS)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) technical standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung that was last updated in 2005. The full standards are also available online as https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00016-2016. The major changes in these technical standards relate to DLCO measurement with systems using rapidly responding gas analysers for carbon monoxide and the tracer gas, which are now the most common type of DLCO instrumentation being manufactured. Technical improvements and the increased capability afforded by these new systems permit enhanced measurement of DLCO and the opportunity to include other optional measures of lung function.Summary of updated technical standards for measuring DLCO (TLCO) including the use of rapid gas analyser systems http://ow.ly/TQVG305g3Zq