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How to Use Pulmonary Function Tests Effectively

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Primary Care Physicians Should Be Able to Interpret Pulmonary Function Test Results

At Mayo, we're quite spoiled in that when we request pulmonary function test, we get the results back. Is there any reason why primary care providers should really have some ability to interpret the pulmonary function test results without waiting for an official interpretation? I'm certainly biased in that regard, but to someone who still considers himself an internist at heart, in addition to a sub-specialist,. "I always recognize the significant disadvantage to which I feel when I'm just reading somebody else's interpretation of the test," he says.

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