Recommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function Report. An Official American Thoracic Society Technical Statement

Disease Areas:
Lung Disease
Device Types:
PFT

This document presents a reporting format in test-specific units for spirometry, lung volumes, and diffusing capacity that can be assembled into a report appropriate for a laboratory's practice. Recommended reference sources are updated with data for spirometry and diffusing capacity published since prior documents. A grading system is presented to encourage uniformity in the important function of test quality assessment.

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