Pulmonary Function Test

Abstract

Pulmonary function test is an important method to check the respiratory diseases. The aims of pulmonary function test include: (a) judgment whether the respiratory symptoms such as dyspnea, cough and cyanosis are caused by respiratory diseases; (b) management and monitoring of severity, progression and therapeutic reaction of the established respiratory diseases; (c) assessment of potential risks of respiratory failure or other respiratory complications after surgery or drug therapy; (d) quantitative evaluation of labor capacity of occupational pulmonary disease patients; (e) conduction of the epidemiological investigation of respiratory diseases caused by smoke or dust; (f) clinical evaluation of health.