ATS removes race and ethnicity from spirometry

By América Torres Photo: rawpixel.com/Freepik The ATS removes race and ethnicity when interpreting patients’ spirometry. This organization issued its official statement just weeks after the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease published its GOLD Report 2023, which still considers such factors.   The American Thoracic Society’s panel of authors remarked that the change was […]

When are FEV1 and FVC maneuvers acceptable?

Adapted by Claudio López Bruzual, MD. Performing tests that meet the criteria indicated by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) allows adequate patient care. It never hurts to recall the matters that we already take for granted in practice, we shall now give a brief review of what the before mentioned association considers acceptable. Acceptability criteria […]