The summer Diagnostics Section Bulletin is now online.
http://www.aarc.org/sections/diagnostics/bulletins/2014/summer/index.asp
Gregg Ruppel discusses the use of z-scores to analyze pulmonary function data. Those of you who are statistic-phobic will find this article refreshingly easy-to-understand. Matt O’Brien discusses the important and often overlooked issue of infection control in the pulmonary function laboratory, and then I briefly discuss an increasingly recognized disease pattern: combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE). The Quarterly Case Report highlights the importance of biologic control testing, and I close out the issue with an amusing anecdote from my own practice.
I am currently looking for submissions for the winter issue, so if you'd like to submit an article or quarterly case report please let me know.
Jeff
Coming this fall: flow-volume loops during exercise testing by Holly Wilson RPFT