{"id":6955,"date":"2023-07-03T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T22:08:25","slug":"race-neutral-testing-could-reduce-bias-in-lung-transplant-allocation-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/07\/03\/race-neutral-testing-could-reduce-bias-in-lung-transplant-allocation-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Race-Neutral Testing Could Reduce Bias in Lung Transplant Allocation, Study Suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6955\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Rose McNulty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpreting spirometry with race-specific reference equations led to a lower Lung Allocation Score (LAS) for Black patients and higher LAS among White patients, which could potentially contribute to racially biased allocation of lung transplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpreting spirometry with race-specific reference equations led to a lower Lung Allocation Score (LAS) for Black patients and higher LAS among White patients,<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0which could potentially contribute to racially biased allocation of lung transplants, according to new research published in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thoracic.org\/about\/newsroom\/press-releases\/resources\/race-neutral-testing-and-lung-transplants-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Annals of the American Thoracic Society<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajmc.com\/view\/race-neutral-testing-could-reduce-bias-in-lung-transplant-allocation-study-suggests\">Read the full article in AJMC.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6955\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Rose McNulty Interpreting spirometry with race-specific reference equations led to a lower Lung Allocation Score (LAS) for Black patients and higher LAS among White patients, which could potentially &hellip; 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