Race-neutral pulmonary function testing, now recommended by ATS and implemented at Boston Medical Center, has had a long road ...

In the latest update to the pulmonary function tests technical standard series, the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society address the uncertainty around the interpretation of ...

The use of newly developed race-neutral reference equations for pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation led to a significant increase in both the prevalence and severity of respiratory ...

Pulmonary function testing serves 2 important clinical goals: (1) categorizing the physiologic impairment from lung disease (ie, obstructive, restrictive, etc) and (2) quantifying the degree of ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management relies on pulmonary function tests to evaluate lung function and tailor patient-specific therapies.

Pulmonary function tests (PFT) include: spirometry, which involves the patient breathing through a mouthpiece to measure the amount of air inhaled and exhaled; a body box or plethysmography test ...

This study sought to determine the quality of spirometry tests and changes in periodic pulmonary function testing in two consecutive years among workers at an industrial company in Iran.

By removing "race correction" from the interpretation of pulmonary function test (PFT) results, Black individuals were shown to have a significantly higher prevalence and severity of lung disease ...

A spirometry is a pulmonary function test that measures how much air a person breathes out, and how quickly. Pulmonary function tests measure how well the lungs are working. It is an office-based ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which ...