Lung Clearance Index (IMAGE)

National Jewish Health

Lung Clearance Index

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Pulmonologists at the Center for Deployment-Related Lung Disease use a test called “lung clearance index” to non-invasively examine the extent of injury to the deepest and smallest airways in the lungs, which are particularly vulnerable to the combustion smoke and desert dust that military members were exposed to in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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