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360Coach Brandon Check-In 10/03/2025
Hello everyone!
Our next BronchandNTM360social Coffee Break is Wednesday, October 8, 2025 @ 3pm EDT.
On our upcoming Coffee Break, we will be joined by Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT, the COPD Foundation’s Senior Director of Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs, to talk to us about pulmonary function testing.
Resources:
Mayo Clinic: Spirometry
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/spirometry/about/pac-20385201
Cleveland Clinic: Lung Diffusion Testing (DLCO)
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/15445-dlco
We will open the call fifteen minutes early, so please join us if you wish to speak casually with us or other community members. Any health-related discussion will be held until the start of the meeting.
The meeting registration link is here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcuusrDMpG9PrF3BDUA2nw2csTkQsg7EG#/registration
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
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Understanding the basic numbers of ones pulmonary function tests is of utmost importance. I hope that you will join us for the next BNTM 360 Coffee Break.
Looking forward to this Coffee Break. Every patient should have an understanding of their PFT's.
See you all there👍
Great topic!
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