Pulmonary function tests

September 11, 2015November 6, 2015

FVC Found To Be An Unreliable Predictor of Interstitial Lung Disease in Scleroderma Patients

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News, Scleroderma

A negative diagnosis can be relieving for many individuals, but occasionally in scleroderma, individuals with interstitial lung disease are wrongly diagnosed as healthy according to pulmonary function tests. In a ... Read more

June 5, 2015November 6, 2015

Accuracy of High Resolution Computed Tomography, Lung Function Tests in SSc Evaluated in New Study

News, Scleroderma

In a recent study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology, researchers found that high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) predicts fibrosis development, rate of fibrosis progression and pulmonary function decline ... Read more