Since asthma symptoms can be improved, if your second and subsequent spirometry readings show at least a 12% improvement, you are more likely to have asthma than COPD. If there is no improvement ...

Study objective: To evaluate the validity of spirometry self-testing during home telemonitoring and to assess the acceptance of an Internet-based home asthma telemonitoring system by asthma patients.

The most common reason for spirometry referral in this population was asthma/query asthma. The odds for bronchodilator responsiveness significantly fell among patients who underwent spirometry ...

97 persons ≥12 years of age with physician-diagnosed asthma were evaluated by questionnaire and spirometry. Concomitant environmental monitoring, water and air sampling, and personal monitoring ...