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 ...

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

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.

In a new study, removing “race correction” from the interpretation of pulmonary function test results signaled more prevalent and severe lung disease in Black patients.“The use of race ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new analysis, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimated the impacts of removing race from spirometry, a test used to measure lung function.

Race-neutral lung function interpretation could increase access to lung transplants for Black patients with respiratory disease, according to new research published in the Annals of the American ...