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

Among individuals with preserved ratio impaired spirometry, having interstitial lung abnormalities is associated with an ...

Comorbid lung function impairment was associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes.

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including breath control exercises, can improve lung function in long COVID patients after only 4 to 8 weeks, according to a study in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory ...

Spirometry is the only recognized method of definitively diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ... forced vitality capacity (FVC), or the total amount of air a patient can ...

Children found to have abnormal lung function go on to further diagnostic testing. Importantly, the FEV1 and FVC testing ...

Results Pulmonary function tests were evaluated from 311 athletes, across 20 Olympic and 13 paralympic sports (48% female, mean +/- SD age: 25 ± 5 years). Supra-normal FEV1 and FVC values were ...