Transfer Factor (Diffusing Capacity) for Carbon Monoxide and Nitric Oxide (Tl,CO, Tl,NO, Dm and VC)

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Methods for measuring Tl, CO Measurement of Tl, CO .ss (steady state method) Measurement of Tl, CO .sb (single breath, breath‐holding method) Measurement of Tl, CO .rb (rebreathing method) Measurement of Tl, CO .ib (intra‐breath method) Contributions of haemoglobin and tensions of O 2 and CO Measurement of Dm and V C (Roughton–Forster method) Interpretation of Tl, CO and related indices Measurement of Tl, NO (transfer factor for nitric oxide) References Further reading