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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0028-3746</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Neumología y cirugía de tórax]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Neumol. cir. torax]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0028-3746</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas; Sociedad Cubana de Neumología; Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumología; Sociedad Boliviana de Neumología.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0028-37462016000200161</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prueba de difusión pulmonar de monóxido de carbono con técnica de una sola respiración (DL,COsb). Recomendaciones y procedimiento]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Pulmonary carbon monoxide diffusing capacity with the single breath technique (DL,COsb). Procedure and recommendations]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez-García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gochicoa-Rangel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Del Río-Hidalgo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rodrigo Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cid-Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silva-Cerón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miguel-Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Benítez-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosaura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rogelio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torre-Bouscoulet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>75</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>161</fpage>
<lpage>172</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0028-37462016000200161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0028-37462016000200161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0028-37462016000200161&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La difusión pulmonar de monóxido de carbono (DL,CO, por sus siglas en inglés), también referida como factor de transferencia de monóxido de carbono (TL,CO), se usa para evaluar la transferencia de oxígeno desde el espacio alveolar hasta la hemoglobina de los eritrocitos contenidos en los capilares pulmonares. En este manuscrito abordamos los principios fisiológicos de la prueba de DL,CO con la técnica de una sola respiración (DL,COsb) y emitimos recomendaciones, tanto para su ejecución como para su interpretación. El procedimiento se apega al estándar vigente publicado en 2005 por la Sociedad Americana del Tórax y la Sociedad Respiratoria Europea.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Pulmonary carbon monoxide diffusing capacity (DL,CO), also referred as lung transfer factor of carbon monoxide (TL,CO) is used to evaluate the transfer of oxygen from the alveolar space to the hemoglobin erythrocytes contained in the pulmonary capillaries. In this manuscript we address the physiological principles of testing DL,CO with the single breath technique (DL,COsb) and issue recommendations for their implementation as well as for interpretation. The procedure is compliant with the current standards published in 2005 by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Difusión pulmonar de monóxido de carbono]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[DL,COsb]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pruebas de función pulmonar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pulmonary carbon monoxide diffusing capacity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[DL,CO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pulmonary function tests]]></kwd>
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