Access to investigations for lung volume reduction surgery
| Easy to access | Hard to access | Unavailable | Not known | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Percentage | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | n | Percentage | |
| Plethysmographic lung volumes | 53 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Gas transfer | 65 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quantitative perfusion scanning | 36 | 55 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 14 |
| Walking tests | 53 | 82 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulmonary rehabilitation | 60 | 92 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |