ERS ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

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• GLI reference used over NHANES from previous recommendation in 2005
• GLI has more age included
• lung volumes must be considered for pts with BMI > 40: can have both obstructive and restrictive disease
• use LLN and z-score over percent predicted and FEV/FVC ratio
• use 10% increase relative for predicted FEV1 or FVC for bronchodilator response

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• PFT and lung functions

  • ERS ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

• airflow obstruction happens first in distal airways

  • [^1]: ERS ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

• dysanapsis in spirometry can be normal or precursor to COPD

  • [^1]: ERS ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

• nonspecific pattern and PRISM in PFT

  • [^1]: ERS ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests

• normal misc PFT ranges

  • [^1]: PFT interpretation guide PGY4?

• simple vs complex restriction on PFT

  • [^1]: Breathing, Obstruction, Restriction, and Gas Exchange. A Pulmonary Function Testing Interpretation Framework for Novice Learners

Footnotes

1. Stanojevic S. ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests. EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. ↩