Transcription of AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY DOCUMENTS
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AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETYDOCUMENTSR ecommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function ReportAn Official AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY Technical StatementBruce H. Culver, Brian L. Graham, Allan L. Coates, Jack Wanger, Cristine E. Berry, Patricia K. Clarke, Teal S. Hallstrand,John L. Hankinson, David A. Kaminsky, Neil R. MacIntyre, Meredith C. McCormack, Margaret Rosenfeld,Sanja Stanojevic, and Daniel J. Weiner; on behalf of the ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for PulmonaryFunction LaboratoriesTHISOFFICIALTECHNICALSTATEME NT OF THEAMERICANTHORACICSOCIETY WAS APPROVEDOCTOBER2017 Background:The AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY committee onProficiency Standards for Pulmonary Function Laboratories hasrecognized the need for a standardized reporting format forpulmonary function tests.
clinically useful, whereas grades D and E may have limited value, and grade F should not be used. The same scale, with different criteria values, is used for children. ∘For diffusing capacity a similar grading scale is presented on the basis of 2017 ERS/ATS standards. Introduction The range of reporting formats currently
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