Standards and interpretive issues in lung function testing.
Pulmonary function tests are most useful when performed with good technique and with an accurate system. Using standard techniques in performing the tests minimizes diagnostic and therapeutic errors. This report discusses the rationale and limits of standardization and offers practical suggestions for using available standards to increase confidence in test results.
Crapo
Robert O
RO
Pulmonary Division, LDS Hospital, 8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City UT 84143, USA. ldrcrapo@ihc.com
Jensen
Robert L
RL
D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000592:standards*