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Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1

Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1

Update: 2024-07-03
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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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Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1

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