Sentence examples for decreased diffusion capacity from inspiring English sources
The interstitial lung disease associated with the TERT mutations is characterized uniformly by dyspnea and a decreased diffusion capacity.
In addition, data regarding restrictive ventilatory defect (decreased forced vital capacity, or FVC) and diffusion impairment (decreased diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide, DLCO) and how the diagnosis of IPF/UIP (biopsy or CT scan) was made were obtained from chart abstraction on the patients with IPF/UIP.
Haemodialysis patients present increased interstitial fluid volume, weakened muscles, and decreased diffusion capacity [ 7].
No MTD has been determined with DLTs consisting of headache, pleural effusion, and decreased diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO).
In the previous case series, most South African women had mild and moderate airway obstruction (16 of 22) and a decreased diffusion capacity (13 of 17), whereas the remainder had normal (5 of 22) or mild restriction (1 of 22) (Grobbelaar and Bateman 1991).
These mechanisms include higher myocardial maximal oxygen consumption [5], decreased diffusion distance of oxygen to the mitochondria [6], increase in the lung diffusion capacity [6], and specific differences in myoglobin which augment oxygen delivery at low oxygen tensions [7].
HPS patients tend to have a decreased CO diffusion capacity with normal pulmonary capacity and expiratory flow rates [ 17, 37].
Pulmonary function tests revealed significantly decreased unadjusted diffusion capacity of the lung, (67% of expected value, compared with 85% of expected value, 19 months prior).
Lung function test was consistent with a restrictive lung disease (FVC 3.33 L (73%), FEV1 2.49 L (72%), FEV1/FVC 75% and decreased in diffusion capacity (DLCO 17.81 ml/min/mmHg).
It is also proved that other material, such as fly ash, can also decrease diffusion coefficient.
According to the measurement results, we find that the more the glue, the smaller the diffusion coefficient, i.e., the glue can decrease diffusion coefficient.
