Spirometry technique Spirometric patterns Baseline ... professional explains clearly to the smoker that the most effective step they could take to improve their health would be to stop smoking ...

Spirometry is the only recognized method of definitively diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 1 It also gives patients and physicians a reliable way of tracking the progression ...

Primary-care providers (PCPs) should perform an office spirometry test for patients ≥ 45 years old who report smoking cigarettes (current smokers and those who quit during the previous year ...

However, there are indications in the literature that spirometry performed in the general practice setting may be inaccurate. General practitioners and practice assistants from 61 Dutch general ...