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 ...

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 diagnostic tests are a series of tests which evaluate how well the lungs are performing. These tests may be performed to help diagnose disease, monitor disease progression or therapeutic ...

March 30, 2023 – The American Thoracic Society has issued an official statement for clinicians that explains why race and ethnicity should no longer be considered factors in interpreting the results ...

ATS 2021, New York, NY - By removing "race correction" from the interpretation of pulmonary function test (PFT) results, Black individuals were shown to have a significantly higher prevalence and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, removing “race correction” from the interpretation of pulmonary function test results signaled ...

The American Thoracic Society now recommends use of average reference equations rather than those based on race or ethnicity for the assessment of pulmonary function in clinical and laboratory ...

Interpreting spirometry with race-specific reference equations led to a lower Lung Allocation Score (LAS) for Black patients and higher LAS among White patients, which could potentially contribute to ...