Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians need to remember that a patient’s reported race includes social factors in addition to genetics. In ...
Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...
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 of spirometry, the ...
The value of race and ethnicity in the interpretation of pulmonary function tests (PTFs) is being called into question, and data supporting this use are limited and unreliable, according to a ...
A new study from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that using race-neutral metrics to interpret the results of lung function tests more accurately predicted the risk of death and ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulmonary function testing results can indicate obstructive patterns. Providers must properly coach patients ...
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have played a pivotal role in neonatal care. They have helped quantify the effects of therapeutic interventions, guide ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management remains challenging due to the high heterogeneity of clinical symptoms and the complex pathophysiological basis of the disease. Airflow ...
Rohan Khazanchi is a research affiliate at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and a resident in the Harvard Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Harleen Marwah, the ...