Clinicians shouldn't rely on pulmonary function tests (PFTs) alone to screen for interstitial lung disease (ILD). The tests performed poorly in a retrospective study of 212 patients with systemic ...

Surgeons should be aware of changes in pulmonary function tests (PFT) because elimination of race correction PFTs might have an impact on surgeons’ treatment decisions and might worsen present ...

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 pulmonary function test (PFT) alone may be inadequate for predicting work-related exercise capacity in patients who file workers' compensation claims for respiratory limitation and compensation.

Clinical outcomes of IMRT versus 3D-CRT in preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) treated in a community setting. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2015 ASCO ...

NEW YORK, NY – March 02, 2022 – In the latest update to the pulmonary function tests technical standard series, the American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society address the uncertainty ...

Drawing on data from more than 2000 patients, the researchers of the retrospective study found that pulmonary function test results were associated with overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer ...

PORTSMOUTH — ActivMed Practices and Research in Portsmouth is offering free Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) to local residents. Anyone with symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), ...