Mar 25 2025 27 mins 3
Nirav Bhakta, MD, was the lead author of the ATS Workshop Report on Race-Neutral Testing. He joins Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS, on the latest Breathe Easy podcast to discuss the origin of race-based algorithms and advice on implementing race-neutral testing in your pulmonary function lab. Amy Attaway, MD, Cleveland Clinic, hosts.
ATS statement on race and ethnicity in pulmonary function test interpretation: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rccm.202302-0310ST
05:03 How did adjustments for race come about?
13:08 What is the global lung function initiative and what is its relationship to race-neutral testing?
14:16 How can pulmonary function labs implement race-neutral testing recommended by ATS?
