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In a three generation family with 27 members we examined a relationship could be found between spontaneous pneumothorax and HLA-haplotypes, alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes or concentration or lung volumes and ventilatory capacity. Eight individuals in the family suffered from spontaneous pneumothorax. No relationship with the investigated markers could be found in this informative family. All pa...

Methods Nineteen patients were divided into high (Chigh group) and low pulmonary compliance (Clow group) groups based on their pulmonary compliance values (0.6 ml/[cmH2O·kg]). End-expiratory lung volumes (EELV) with different tidal volumes (VT at baseline and at 6, 8, 10 and 12 ml/kg predicted body weight [PBW]) were measured by nitrogen wash-in/washout. Lung strain was calculated as the ratio ...

Background: The most commonly used reference equations for the measurement of static lung volumes/capacities and transfer factor of the lung for CO (TLCO) are based on studies around 30-40 years old with significant limitations. Objectives: Our aim was to (1) develop reference equations for static lung volumes and TLCO using the current American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society gui...