Undoubtedly there exists a need to improve the care of and outcomes for children who are suffering from asthma. This blog ...

Obstructive pulmonary diseases are common in the elderly but often remain underdiagnosed due to limited spirometry availability or challenges with patient cooperation during testing. This study ...

Researchers reported that a lung MRI technique that uses inhaled gas can identify early patchy lung defects in patients with ...

Full details of the evidence and the committee's discussion are in: evidence review A: diagnostic test accuracy of spirometry in people suspected of asthma evidence review B: diagnostic test accuracy ...

High maternal daily caffeine intake led to a lower risk for asthma in children, according to study results.However, ...

asthma, or both. Test results can help a doctor determine whether your current bronchodilator therapy is working or if it needs to be adjusted. Because spirometry requires you to exhale forcefully ...

Bronchodilator therapy reduced the mean VDP by 33% in participants with asthma (from 8.3% to 5.6%) and by 14% in those with COPD (from 27.2% to 23.3%). The calculated VDP values were negatively ...

Spirometry is a standard test doctors use to ... to help determine what might cause that airflow obstruction: COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, or another condition. Your doctor will use a spirometer ...

Your therapist may run tests similar to what you’d get at the hospital, including blood oxygen tests and lung function tests like spirometry ... going in for an asthma checkup may have different ...

maintaining near-normal pulmonary function rates, and avoiding emergency department visits and hospitalization. In this review, issues regarding the pathophysiology of asthma, the physiologic ...

Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Sputum Eosinophils are Complementary Tools for Diagnosing Occupational Asthma suggests a study published in the Allergy.Exposure-related changes in exhaled nitric ...

Chronic airways diseases, including asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis ... and limitations of routine physiological measurements of respiratory function including spirometry, body plethysmography and ...