Clinicians working within the US healthcare system order CTs; it's just what we do, and we do it a lot. This isn't necessarily bad, but an inevitable by-product is the pandemic of incidental findings.

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We often hear about LFT (Liver Function Test) for the liver and KFT (Kidney Function Test) for the kidneys. Similarly, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AUSTIN, Texas — Ongoing communication between rheumatology and pulmonology is essential to managing ...

A 2% decline in FVC or DLco significantly increases the risk of death or lung transplant in IPF patients, challenging current clinical thresholds. The study suggests that smaller declines in lung ...

The diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) values at six months, one year, and two years were 80, 82, and 84, respectively. DLco severity at the three follow-up visits did not show ...

A pair of studies presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2024 emphasized the importance of close monitoring and proactive treatment approaches for patients with idiopathic (IPF) and ...

In a recent study published in the Radiology journal, researchers performed the longitudinal evaluation of chest computerized tomography (CT) findings along with pulmonary function in coronavirus ...

—Early evidence suggests promise for a novel COPD treatment using autologous P63+ lung progenitor cell. This small study found the bronchoscopic transplantation of cultured P63+ cells to be safe and ...