Skolnik said, “For example, pulmonary function tests like spirometry are very helpful in gaining insight as to whether ...

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are frequently normal in patients with sarcoidosis, despite evidence of abnormal chest radiography.

Evidence of obstructive changes on pulmonary-function testing may be due to cigarette smoking and concomitant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, although this abnormality may also be due to ...

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Your provider may also order pulmonary function tests, spirometry, and imaging scans to provide an accurate diagnosis. Pulmonary function tests check to see how well your lungs are functioning.

In 2023, in response to outcries that using race in pulmonary function tests can underestimate the extent of disease in Black patients, and to a smaller extent in Asian patients, the American ...