Most patients with persistent pulmonary symptoms after recovering from mild to moderate COVID-19 infection have normal pulmonary PFT results.

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD Key Takeaways Obstructive lung diseases like COPD cause trouble when you're exhaling air.Restrictive lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis make it harder to ...

"Small lung syndrome" is proposed to address persistent low lung volume linked with comorbidities, requiring a new ICD code for accurate diagnosis. Early intervention in lung function trajectories can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, removing “race correction” from the interpretation of pulmonary function test results signaled ...

A significant percentage of Black men found to have normal lung function after race-based adjustments to spirometry were actually found to have emphysema on their computed tomography (CT) scans, ...

Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are calling for new methods of testing. Spirometry, the most common lung ...

"In patients with risk factors for COPD and respiratory symptoms, referring for spirometry is important to triage who will and won’t benefit from bronchodilators." – Meilan Han, MD, Professor of ...

Significant gaps persist, however, in the implementation of race-neutral PFT equations in the United States and worldwide, because race has long been embedded in PFT interpretation. Moreover, the ...

Lupus can affect the lungs in many ways and lead to potential complications and increased risk of death. Pulmonary (lung) function tests (PFTs) are capable of identifying abnormalities that may ...