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

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2017-12, Vol.196 (11), p.1463-1472 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright American Thoracic Society Dec 1, 2017 ;ISSN: 1073-449X ;EISSN: 1535-4970 ;DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201710-1981st ;PMID: 29192835

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Title:
Recommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function Report. An Official American Thoracic Society Technical Statement
Author: Culver, Bruce H ; Graham, Brian L ; Coates, Allan L ; Wanger, Jack ; Berry, Cristine E ; Clarke, Patricia K ; Hallstrand, Teal S ; Hankinson, John L ; Kaminsky, David A ; MacIntyre, Neil R ; McCormack, Meredith C ; Rosenfeld, Margaret ; Stanojevic, Sanja ; Weiner, Daniel J
Subjects: Advisory Committees ; Carbon monoxide ; Committees ; Cystic fibrosis ; Humans ; Laboratories ; Lung - physiopathology ; Quality control ; Quality standards ; Research Design - standards ; Respiratory Function Tests - standards ; Societies, Medical ; Task forces ; United States ; Values ; Working groups
Is Part Of: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2017-12, Vol.196 (11), p.1463-1472
Description: The American Thoracic Society committee on Proficiency Standards for Pulmonary Function Laboratories has recognized the need for a standardized reporting format for pulmonary function tests. Although prior documents have offered guidance on the reporting of test data, there is considerable variability in how these results are presented to end users, leading to potential confusion and miscommunication. A project task force, consisting of the committee as a whole, was approved to develop a new Technical Standard on reporting pulmonary function test results. Three working groups addressed the presentation format, the reference data supporting interpretation of results, and a system for grading quality of test efforts. Each group reviewed relevant literature and wrote drafts that were merged into the final document. 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. The committee believes that wide adoption of these formats and their underlying principles by equipment manufacturers and pulmonary function laboratories can improve the interpretation, communication, and understanding of test results.
Publisher: United States: American Thoracic Society
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1073-449X
EISSN: 1535-4970
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201710-1981st
PMID: 29192835
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Recommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function Report. An Official American Thoracic Society Technical Statement

Copyright American Thoracic Society Dec 1, 2017 ;ISSN: 1073-449X ;EISSN: 1535-4970 ;DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201710-1981st ;PMID: 29192835

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