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Addressing Race in Pulmonary Function Testing by Aligning Intent and Evidence With Practice and PerceptionThe practice of using race or ethnicity in medicine to explain differences between individuals is being called into question because it may contribute to biased medical care and research that perpetuates health disparities and structural racism.
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Smoking during pregnancy, vitamin C supplementation, and infant respiratory healthThis article discusses the merits and potential shortcomings of a study reported previously showing that giving Vitamin C to women who smoked during...
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Increasing diversity within the Global Lung Function InitiativeThe Global Lung Function Initiative has worked to develop all‐age, multi‐ethnic reference equations for the major clinical lung function tests
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Defining the appropriate waiting time between multiple-breath nitrogen washout measurementsThis letter addresses the recommendations by the American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society in 2005, that patients must wait 15-60mins between...
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Early detection of lung function abnormalities in young children with cystic fibrosisIn this review, we have examined the role of lung function testing in infants and preschool children with CF.
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The global lung function initiative (GLI) network: Bringing the world’s respiratory reference values togetherThe Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) Network has become the largest resource for reference values for routine lung function testing ever assembled.
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Key paediatric messages from the 2016 European respiratory society international congressHighlight of some of the most interesting abstracts presented at the 2016 ERS International Congress, which was held in London
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Increased exhaled nitric oxide in wind and brass musiciansPlaying a wind or brass (W/B) instrument is considered a strenuous activity for the respiratory system.
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Selection of appropriate spirometry reference values in Aboriginal AustraliansThe Global Lung Function ‘Caucasian’ and ‘Other’ spirometry equations do not match healthy Aboriginal FEV1 and FVC data