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Pulmonary function testing

Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is a complete evaluation of the respiratory system including patient history, physical examinations, and tests of pulmonary function. The primary purpose of pulmonary function testing is to identify the severity of pulmonary impairment. Pulmonary function testing has diagnostic and therapeutic roles and helps clinicians…

Tests, Indications & Interpretation of tests

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MedlinePlus
003853
MeSH
D012129
OPS-301 code
1-71

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Indications

Tests

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Interpretation of tests

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Pulmonary function testing

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples28
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Pulmonary function testing

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related to Indications · 7
Pulmonary function testing → Detect, Determine, Diagnose, Evaluate, Identify, Monitor, Pulmonary
related to Interpretation of tests · 5
Pulmonary function testing → American Thoracic Society, Deviation, European Respiratory Society, Professional, The
related to Arterial blood gases · 4
Pulmonary function testing → ABGs, Arterial, COPD, The
related to Neuromuscular disorders · 3
Pulmonary function testing → Duchenne, Involvement, Pulmonary
related to Risks · 2
Pulmonary function testing → Pulmonary, Some
MedlinePlus · 1
Pulmonary function testing → 003853
MeSH · 1
Pulmonary function testing → D012129
OPS-301 code · 1
Pulmonary function testing → 1-71

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lung pulmonary function testing respiratory capacity tests values test disease fev1 inspiratory volumes patients copd spirometry used fvc needed expiratory

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pulmonary function testingMedlinePlus0038531.00infobox
Pulmonary function testingMeSHD0121291.00infobox
Pulmonary function testingOPS-301 code1-711.00infobox
the American Thoracic Societyinstance ofInterpretation of testsProfessional societies0.80text
the European Respiratory Society have published guidelines regarding the conductinstance ofInterpretation of testsProfessional societies0.80text
interpretation of pulmonary function testing to ensure standardizationinstance ofInterpretation of testsProfessional societies0.80text
uniformity in performance of testsinstance ofInterpretation of testsProfessional societies0.80text
Pulmonary function testingrelated to Arterial blood gasesArterial0.60section
Pulmonary function testingrelated to Arterial blood gasesABGs0.60section
Pulmonary function testingrelated to Arterial blood gasesThe0.60section
Pulmonary function testingrelated to Arterial blood gasesCOPD0.60section
Pulmonary function testingrelated to IndicationsPulmonary0.60section

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