noting the higher rates of asthma prevalence and morbidity among Black children compared with white children. The equations used to determine percent predicted FEV1 and forced vital capacity (FVC ...

Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire; AUC: Area under the curve; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: Forced vital capacity; ICS: Inhaled ...

LTRA requirement: mean montelukast dose required per month (mg/month) to maintain asthma control ... peak expiratory flow; FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: Forced vital capacity ...

New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...

Reports of asthma symptoms from a physician or parental ... go on to further diagnostic testing. Importantly, the FEV1 and FVC testing results in a percentage value compared to expected lung ...