SPEAKER: Sima Ramratnam, MD, MPH & Mary Ehlenbach, MD

TITLE: Health Equity Rounds: Race in Clinical Algorithms - Breathing Deeper into Lung Function

Learning Objectives:

 

  1. Explain what spirometry measures and how spirometry reference values help predict a patient’s predicted lung function.
  2. Describe why race-based adjustment factors have been used in pulmonary function test (PFT) labs until now.
  3. List reasons why lung function might differ in people of different races.
  4. Describe the implications of using race-neutral reference equations in the PFT lab for a pediatric Black patient with asthma.
Session date: 
04/10/2025 - 7:30am to 8:30am CDT
Location: 
Virtual via Zoom
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 1.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
    • 1.00 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Presenter(s): 
Sima Ramratnam, MD, MPH
Mary Ehlenbach, MD