Effects of donor smoking history on early post-transplant lung function measured by oscillometry
IntroductionPrior studies assessing outcomes of lung transplants from cigarette-smoking donors found mixed results. Oscillometry, a non-invasive test of respiratory impedance, detects changes in lung function of smokers prior to diagnosis of COPD, and identifies spirometrically silent episodes of re...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-04-01
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Serier: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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Online adgang: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1328395/full |