2 results match your criteria: "Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon[Affiliation]"
Using the phase III slope of exhaled methane during a single breath DCO test to assess ventilation heterogeneity.
Respir Med
September 2024
Emeritus Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: The Phase III slope from a single breath nitrogen washout test provides information about ventilation heterogeneity (VH) in the lungs.
Purpose: To determine if the Phase III slope from the exhaled tracer gas concentration during a standard, single breath DCO test using rapid gas analysis provides similar information about VH.
Basic Procedures: Retrospective analysis of clinical pulmonary function laboratory data including spirometry, lung volumes, and DCO.
Tobacco use and motivation to stop smoking among long-term smokers who are ineligible for lung cancer screening.
Lung Cancer
September 2017
Division of Respiratory Medicine and Charbonneau Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: The importance of smoking cessation interventions in lung cancer screening participants has been highlighted. This study aimed to describe the smoking habits of individuals who were ineligible for lung cancer screening and to investigate whether this encounter may represent an opportunity to reduce tobacco use.
Methods: Ever smokers between the ages of 55 and 80 and ≥1.