Clinical Implications of Removing Race-Corrected Pulmonary Function Tests for African American Patients Requiring Surgery for Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Removal of race correction in pulmonary function tests (PFTs) is a priority, given that race correction inappropriately conflates race, a social construct, with biological differences and falsely assumes worse lung function in African American than White individuals. However, the impact of decorrecting PFTs for African American patients with lung cancer is unknown.

Objectives

To identify how many hospitals providing lung cancer surgery use race correction, examine the association of race correction with predicted lung function, and test the effect of decorrection on surgeons' treatment recommendations.

Design, setting, and participants

In this quality improvement study, hospitals participating in a statewide quality collaborative were contacted to determine

SUBMITTER: Bonner SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10433136 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature