The Lung Clearance Index (LCI) was first described in 1952 by Margaret Becklake, and is defined as the number of lung volume turnovers required to reduce the concentration of a tracer gas by a fact…
The FEV1 and VC both provide quite different information about a patient’s lungs. Unfortunately, spirometry as it is currently practiced is optimized towards generating an accurate FEV1 more than a…
The chemo did a real number on me. I was included in a study of a new drug and it literally almost killed me. Twice. For this reason I have left the study and have been put on a gentler and more no…
