Open AccessPulmonary Function Testing in Patients with Tracheostomies: Feasibility and Technical Considerations
Author(s) -
Ajay Sheshadri,
Leendert Keus,
David Blanco,
Xiudong Lei,
C Kellner,
Vickie R. Shan,
Diwakar D. Balachandran,
Carlos A. Jiménez,
Lara Bashoura,
Saadia A. Faiz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lung
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1432-1750
pISSN - 0341-2040
DOI - 10.1007/s00408-021-00441-x
Subject(s) - medicine , dlco , repeatability , pulmonary function testing , lung function , surgery , lung , diffusing capacity , chemistry , chromatography
Pulmonary function testing (PFT) in patients with tracheostomies has been perceived as difficult to perform and clinically unreliable. We studied the feasibility, quality, repeatability and clinical significance of PFT.