EDITORIAL
Standardisation of lung function testing
Standardisation of lung function testing: helpful guidance from the ATS/ERS Task Force
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Dr Gabriel Laszlo
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK; glaszlo11@aol.com
A critical overview of the new ATS/ERS guidelines
Keywords: lung function testing; guidelines; American Thoracic Society; European Respiratory Society
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The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have jointly issued a new revision of their guidelines for the performance of spirometry, lung volumes, and carbon monoxide transfer factor. These have been published as a series of documents in the European Respiratory Journal.1–5 They contain much wisdom, some compromises, and a few new recommendations. Blood gases, sleep, exercise, and challenge testing have not yet been readdressed. This brief review highlights a few of the more important recommendations dealing with the performance and interpretation of the several tests.
This first chapter is essential reading for laboratory staff and sets standards for hygiene, calibration, quality control, and housekeeping. Observance of these standards will reassure research workers as well as clinicians.
Peak flow is the topic of current research and the task force plans to introduce more stringent standards for home recording. It may be derived
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