Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1
Jul 03, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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Episode description
Claims that Black people had lower lung capacity than White people led to race-adjusted spirometry and poorer care for Black patients with lung disease. New equations are starting to change that.
A full transcript of this episode is available at nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2405796.
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