The ventilatory efficiency and its clinical and prognostic value in cardiorespiratory disorders

Resting pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are of great diagnostic, discriminative and evaluative value in patients with suspected or established pulmonary disease [1]. Within PFT measurements, there is no doubt that forced expiratory volume in 1 s, forced vital capacity, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, and total lung capacity have stood the test of time and are widely used in clinical studies to judge the efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in various chronic respiratory diseases [1, 2].

Source: European Respiratory Review - February 2, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Laveneziana, P., Adir, Y., Palange, P. Tags: Mechanisms of lung disease Editorial Source Type: research