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 tests to ...

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, ...

Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist discusses the history and influence of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing interpretation and patient care. Pulmonary function testing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Temple Health is helping people breathe better at their Pulmonary function test lab. Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent ...

Doctors say Pulmonary testing is instrumental in diagnosing and treating nagging coughing and other lung-related issues. SELLERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A nagging cough or congestion might not ...

Doctors recommend annual lung function tests after 40 to detect silent respiratory diseases early, preserve lung capacity and ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...