Chair(s): Ioannis Vogiatzis, Rachel Ong-Salvador
Session type: Hot topics
Nirav Bhakta
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Julie Lloyd
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Pulmonary function testing: race-specific vs race-neutral vs no reference equations
Nirav Bhakta
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Sanja Stanojevic
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Bruce Thompson
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Session aims
To address the issue regarding the use of race-specific equations in pulmonary function testing and its relevance in the present multiracial generation we are living in; to provide a comprehensive overview of the impact of ethnic or racial misclassification when interpreting pulmonary function test results, and the consequence of this misinterpretation, both for the adult and paediatric population; to provide new insights on how the issue of race or ethnic classification can be addressed; to explore other possibilities for defining normal pulmonary function test results.