DLCO and stem cell tyrasnplantation – pro
Current guidelines suggest that patients with a pretransplantation diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 60% are not ideal candidates for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), but there are ways to adjust for Hb that can raise DLCO values..
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