Hemoglobin-Corrected DLCO & KCO

Hemoglobin- and alveolar-volume-corrected DLCO (ATS/ERS): the anemia/polycythemia correction plus KCO (DLCO ÷ VA).

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Measured DLCO
20 mL/min/mmHg
Hemoglobin
10 g/dL
Alveolar volume VA
5 L
Sex
Male

Result: Hb-corrected DLCO 23.8 mL/min/mmHg; KCO 4.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

Meaning
Anemia falsely lowers, polycythemia falsely raises the uncorrected value.

What you enter

  • Measured DLCO
  • Hemoglobin
  • Alveolar volume VA
  • Sex
How this is calculated
Formula
Hb-adjusted DLCO = observed·(10.22 + Hb)/(1.7·Hb) men, ·(9.38 + Hb)/(1.7·Hb) women/children; KCO = DLCO/VA.

Macintyre N, Crapo RO, Viegi G, et al. Standardisation of the single-breath determination of carbon monoxide uptake in the lung (ATS/ERS). Eur Respir J. 2005;26(4):720-735. Hb correction: Cotes JE, et al. Read the source ↗

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