Lung clearance index short-term variability in cystic fibrosis: a pre-post pulmonary exacerbation study

• Main Authors: Matteo De Marchis (Author), Enza Montemitro (Author), Alessandra Boni (Author), Alessandra Federici (Author), Daniele Di Giovanni (Author), Luca Cristiani (Author), Renato Cutrera (Author), Alessandro G. Fiocchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Multiple Breath washout (MBW) represents an important tool to detect early a possible pulmonary exacerbation especially in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) disease. Lung clearance index (LCI) is the most commonly reported multiple breath washout (MBW) index and in the last years was used as...