Continuous Respiratory Function Testing (CRFT) is a type of medical monitoring that evaluates whether a patient's respiratory function is normal or not by continuously monitoring the duration and parameters of the ventilator's use. This type of monitoring helps doctors identify and resolve any breathing problems in a timely manner to ensure that the patient receives the best possible outcome.
While a ventilator is a device used to assist or control a patient's breathing and is usually used to treat patients with respiratory distress or respiratory failure, and preparation to go off the ventilator is usually done when a patient needs to be treated with mechanical ventilation, continuous respiratory function testing is a routine means of monitoring and assessing a patient's respiratory function.