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Without DLCO testing at SKIMS, CD Hospital, lung patients face delays, extra costs

Srinagar: Hundreds of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses are facing hardship due to the absence of advanced lung ...
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Requirements for Pulmonary Function Testing in Social Security Disability Evaluations

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...
Medscape

ERS/ATS Lung Guidelines Endorse Global Lung Initiative for Interpretation of Spirometry, DLCO, and Lung Volumes

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) just updated their standards for interpreting lung function testing. The last joint society update from these organizations ...
Nature

Pulmonary function and long-term survival in patients with PERDS after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Peri-engraftment respiratory distress syndrome (PERDS) is a pulmonary complication occurring in around 5% of autologous hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. It is a subset of engraftment ...
Nature

Long-term pulmonary function tests and complications following allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Although pre-transplant pulmonary function tests (PFTs) play an important role in the initial assessment of allo-HSCT candidates [5], post-transplant PFT monitoring while recommended is not routinely ...