Fwd: Summary of the recommendations/guidelines on PFT of the main associations during COVID19
Tuyet Lan Le Thi
From: Lars Kuettel <Lars.K...@ndd.ch>
Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:40 PM
Subject: Summary of the recommendations/guidelines on PFT of the main associations during COVID19
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Dear Friends
Please find below a summary of the recommendations/guidelines on PFT of the main associations:
UK
Source: British Thoracic society (BTS) & Association for Respiratory Technology & Physiology (ARTP)
https://www.artp.org.uk/News/artp-covid19-update-18th-march-2020
Summary:
-The majority of respiratory services should be switched to telephone or virtual consultation.
-all respiratory equipment must be protected with a high efficiency filter (such as BS EN 13328-1). This filter must be disposed of after use
-Depending on the category, recommendations might vary.
Spain
Source: SEPAR
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JPyCJ0_qiewcUTybJd0sxkruj-lbr8Z9/view
Summary:
-overall, it’s recommended to not perform lung function tests on patients with suspected or diagnosed coronavirus
- PFT tests that must be performed urgently on people with respiratory symptoms will be performed, if available, in negative pressure rooms.
-in case of performing spirometry test, mandatory use of single-use antimicrobial filters (Class IIa according to regulations93/42 / EEC)
France
Source: SPLF
http://splf.fr/centre-de-documentation-covid-19/groupe-fonction-de-la-splf-17-03-20/
Summary:
-Overall, performing PFT during active epidemic is limited to situations where the benefit is clearly greater than the risk
- There is no indication that PFT should be performed in a patient considered a suspected / probable COVID 19
-In case PFT test has to performed, they recommend to do it inside a body plethysmography with the doors closed.
Italy
Source: SIP & AIPO
The recommendations by the Italian associations don’t mention anything about PFT.
These recommendations are also published by the ERS. See below.
https://ers.app.box.com/s/j09ysr2kdhmkcu1ulm8y8dxnosm6yi0h
Others
-ATS recommends that PFT be limited to test that are only essential for immediate treatment decisions.
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