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ARTP statement on pulmonary function testing 2020. [PDF]

BMJ Open Respir Res, 2020
The Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP) last produced a statement on the performance of lung function testing in 1994. At that time the focus was on a practical statement for people working in lung function laboratories.
Sylvester KP, Clayton N, Cliff I, Hepple M, Kendrick A, Kirkby J, Miller M, Moore A, Rafferty GF, O'Reilly L, Shakespeare J, Smith L, Watts T, Bucknall M, Butterfield K.   +14 more
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Pulmonary function testing in children's interstitial lung disease. [PDF]

Eur Respir Rev, 2020
The use of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) has been widely described in airway diseases like asthma and cystic fibrosis, but for children's interstitial lung disease (chILD), which encompasses a broad spectrum of pathologies, the usefulness of PFTs is ...
Ring AM, Carlens J, Bush A, Castillo-Corullón S, Fasola S, Gaboli MP, Griese M, Koucky V, La Grutta S, Lombardi E, Proesmans M, Schwerk N, Snijders D, Nielsen KG, Buchvald F.   +14 more
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Association of inflammatory cytokines with obesity and pulmonary function testing. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the prevalence of obesity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is 33.7% (women 39.5% and men 29.5%), respectively. The effects of obesity on airway inflammation and respiratory mechanics as well
Al Khathlan N.
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Pulmonary Function Testing Pre-heart Transplant Predicts Posttransplant Survival. [PDF]

Transplant Direct, 2021
Introduction. Although pulmonary function testing (PFT) is typically performed for heart transplant evaluation, the prognostic utility of PFTs after transplantation is unknown.
Lundgren SW, Lowes BD, Lyden E, Zolty R, Burdorf A, Hyden M, Um J, Stoller DA.   +7 more
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Nationwide Assessment of Pulmonary Function Testing Practices and Safety Compliance During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

Thorac Res Pract
OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) presented considerable challenges to health services, particularly for a routine assessment method, the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), which can generate aerosols and require sharing common surfaces ...
Görek Dilektaşlı A, Börekçi Ş, Akkoca Yıldız Ö, Gemicioğlu B, Saltürk C, Saryal SB, Ulubay G.   +6 more
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function testing for predicting the severity of CTEPH. [PDF]

BMC Pulm Med, 2021
Background Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and pulmonary function testing (PFT) are noninvasive methods to evaluate the respiratory and circulatory systems. This research aims to evaluate and monitor chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (
Zhu H, Sun X, Cao Y, Pudasaini B, Yang W, Liu J, Guo J.   +6 more
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Pediatric Pulmonary Function Testing in COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. A Position Statement From the Hellenic Pediatric Respiratory Society. [PDF]

Front Pediatr, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic is still evolving, guidelines on pulmonary function testing that may dynamically adapt to sudden epidemiologic changes are required.
Fouzas S, Gidaris D, Karantaglis N, Opsimos H, Alexopoulos EI, Douros K, Kirvassilis F, Paraskakis E, Anthracopoulos MB, Marangos M, Tsanakas I, Hellenic Pediatric Respiratory Society.   +11 more
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Pulmonary function testing in preoperative high-risk patients [PDF]

Perioperative Medicine
Background Postoperative respiratory failure is the most frequent complication in postsurgical patients. The purpose of this study is to assess whether pulmonary function testing in high-risk patients during preoperative assessment detects previously ...
Eimer C, Urbaniak N, Dempfle A, Becher T, Schädler D, Weiler N, Frerichs I.   +6 more
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ARTP statement on pulmonary function testing. [PDF]

BMJ Open Respir Res, 2020
Cooper BG, Hull JH, Lloyd JK.
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Pulmonary function testing during the COVID-19 pandemicin.

Lung India, 2021
Christopher DJ, Mohan BVM, Singla R, Koul PA.   +3 more
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