PFT Tutor with Jeffrey Haynes
PFT Tutor is dedicated to providing concise, easy-to-understand tutorials about pulmonary function testing for technologists and others interested in PFTs. Jeffrey Haynes RRT RPFT FAARC FCCP has over 30 years experience performing PFTs and managing PFT laboratories. He has published four text book chapters on PFTs and 70+ works in peer-reviewed pulmonary science journals.
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Does This Patient Really Have Obstructed Airways?
How to Interpret a Diffusing Capacity (DLCO) Test
Troubleshooting High Alveolar Volume Values From Diffusion Capacity Testing
Is this Normal SpirometryTest Really Normal?
Should Caffeine Be Withheld Prior to Pulmonary Function Tests?
The Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
What Should You Do When PFT Values Appear Too Good To Be True?
Height Measurement for Pulmonary Function Testing
Should You Always Report the Largest FEV1 During Spirometry Testing?
Submaximal Inhalation Error During Spirometry Testing
Performing Diffusing Capacity (DLCO) Simulation Testing with the Morgan Scientific ComPAS2 Software
Is There Only One Way to Measure Vital Capacity?
Biologic Control Testing in the Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Is this asthma, vocal cord dysfunction, or both?
Methacholine Challenge Testing
PFT Spirometer Calibration Myths
Reducing Pain Associated with Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Puncture
Using z-scores to Interpret Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Data
Pulmonary Function Testing: Diffusion Capacity (DLCO) Simulation Test with a 3L Syringe
Spirometry Testing: How to Identify and Correct Back Extrapolated Volume Error
How to filter a breath-actuated nebulizer BAN