title: Pulmonary function tests in interstitial lung disease: what role do they have?
abstract: Pulmonary function tests have been widely accepted and utilized in the management of interstitial lung diseases. Although the tests performed have changed little over the past several decades, extensive literature has been published highlighting their clinical role in the diagnosis, staging, prognostication, and follow-up of patients with a wide variety of interstitial lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Alhamad
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Martinez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests