Nature

Pulmonary function testing in COPD: looking beyond the curtain of FEV1

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management remains challenging due to the high heterogeneity of clinical symptoms and the complex pathophysiological basis of the disease. Airflow ...
Nature

Pulmonary function as a continuum of risk: critical care utilization and survival after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation - a multicenter cohort study

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) measures such as forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) are reported in the context of ...
BMJ

834 EP103 – Lung function in elite athletes: the recipe for a long life?

Background Pulmonary function testing provides important insight regarding health; the vital capacity (VC) is so named because of its association with survival and longevity. Interpretation of ...