Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

Surgeons should be aware of changes in pulmonary function tests (PFT) because elimination of race correction PFTs might have an impact on surgeons’ treatment decisions and might worsen present ...

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 ...

Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing race from widely used lung function tests may affect disability benefits for veterans, and they ...

Early antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in children with perinatal HIV (CHIV) preserves lung function into the second decade of life, with most children maintaining virologic suppression.