ERS 2019 International Congress - SW9 Skills workshop Diffusing capacity testing

Airway diseases

Interstitial lung diseases

Pulmonary vascular diseases

SW9 Skills workshop

Diffusing capacity testing Clinical

Single-breath carbon monoxide uptake

Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is: €99 standard and €110 on site.

Aims : to provide participants with the skills and background knowledge to perform diffusing capacity tests (i.e., DLCO) according to best practice and in accordance with the latest recommendations; to learn how to write and compile reports and to interpret tests, and to acquire the technical and physiological knowledge required to perform and interpret the tests.

Description of the workstations

Target audience : Clinical researcher, Lung function technologist, Nurse, Physiologist, Scientist (basic, translational), Student

Methods : Physiology, Pulmonary function testing

Chairs

Dublin 15 (Ireland)

Introduction -

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Calibration, quality control and system settings F. De Jongh(Enschede, Netherlands) -

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Technical aspects of diffusing capacity testing B. Cooper(Edgbaston (Birmingham), United Kingdom) -

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Standardisation of test performance K. Sylvester(Cambridge (Cambridgeshire), United Kingdom) -

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Reporting and interpretation of case studies I. Steenbruggen(Zwolle, Netherlands) -

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