Spirometry.

Didn't mean to leave out our most commonly done test for discussion points!

LCI?

Anyone doing LCI measurements? With what equipment? In what populations?

Lung Volumes issues

This post for discussing lung volume measurement issues...

Diffusing Capacity/Transfer Factor issues...

This post for discussion DLCO (or TLCO) issues...

Z-scores

Anyone else using them in addition to or instead of %predicteds? I am working on an interpretation schema that utilizes cutpoints of Z-scores instead of %pred. I suppose neither is perfect...

Educational Resources

MedGraphics sponsors a very nice seminar for folks new or not-so-new to pulmonary function testing. Read more about it here: http://www.medgraph.com/education.html#seminar

Predicteds

Which do you use?

Our lab switched ~3 years ago to a composite set:
Spirometry: Eigen (3-5 yrs), Dockery/Wang (6,7 yrs), NHANESIII (8-80)
Lung Volumes/Diffusion: Rosenthal (6-18); Crapo (19+)
Resp Muscle Pressures: Wilson