Ten years' experience in running a pulmonary function laboratory.
A survey of the development and work of a pulmonary function laboratory in a teaching hospital over a 10-year period has shown an increasing demand for pulmonary function tests from all departments, in particular some of the surgical ones. Though no arrangement for staffing and equipping such a laboratory is ideal quite a lot of useful clinical information can be derived from a few simple tests performed in a central laboratory.
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007545:Isoproterenol; D007753:Laboratories; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011653:Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D012882:Skin Tests; D013147:Spirometry; D014797:Vital Capacity; D000078329:Workforce
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D007545:Isoproterenol; D010100:Oxygen