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 ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

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 is used to measure the function of the lungs, as well as diagnose or monitor the progression of respiratory conditions. Image Credit: Minerva Studio / Shutterstock.com There ...

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 ...

A recent study published in the journal of Radiology showed that dynamic chest radiography (DCR) may serve as an effective ...

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Northwest Specialty Hospital’s Pulmonology clinic offers comprehensive treatment and diagnostic services for pulmonary diseases, including the Pulmonary Function Test. This test measures lung function ...

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 ...

BRITT - Hancock County Health System (HCHS) is offering the public two opportunities - a Diabetic Education Course and a Pulmonary Function Test Clinic. Both are free of charge. The Diabetic Education ...

Hutcheson Medical Center announced pulmonologist Tim Ashburn, MD FCCP has joined the Hutcheson medical staff and has opened an outpatient pulmonology practice at Hutcheson on the Parkway. The new ...

Experts in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease define the role of pulmonary function tests such as spirometry for a diagnosis. Transcript Neil B. Minkoff, MD: Let me ask 1 last question ...