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Season 1Episode 33

Race-Based Diagnosis, Part 1

Jul 3, 2024
27:36

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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