When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow ...

Continuing our series, Dr Andrew Whittamore debunks some common myths about asthma – and explains some less well-known facts ...

Between spirometry tests, a doctor may recommend ... In cases of asthma, a doctor may ask you to start using inhaled bronchodilator medications, after which they will want to recheck your FEV1 ...

The following is a summary of “Effect of a post-bronchodilator FEV 1 /FVC < 0.7 on COPD diagnosis and treatment: a regression discontinuity design,” published in the April 2025 issue of Respiratory ...

With some conditions, like asthma, your ratio may improve after using a bronchodilator. The FEV1/FVC ratio indicates how much air you can forcefully exhale. It's measured by spirometry, a test used to ...

Following the IO measurement, spirometry was performed using a rolling seal-type ... evaluation of airway obstruction, bronchodilator response and natural history of COPD.

They may include: Spirometry: A spirometer device is used in-office to ... The inhaler may also contain steroids to reduce inflammation in more severe cases. One type of bronchodilator, ...

Those reclassified cases appeared to have lung pathology missed by the prior equations, as the newly abnormal group had ...

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry is linked to the development of airway obstruction, regardless of smoking habits, a ...