The risk of tuberculosis (TB) was higher in individuals with obstructive or restrictive lung function impairment compared to ...

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

FVC measures the greatest amount of air you ... A doctor will monitor your symptoms with a spirometry test, usually once a year, to determine how quickly the condition is progressing.

Your respiratory therapist might recommend that you maintain a healthy diet, slowly start cardio workouts, and use an incentive spirometer device to track how deeply you can breathe. When in doubt ...

FVC principal Kenny MacInnes said, “As part of our work helping to establish a sustainable talent pipeline for Scotland’s engineering construction industry, this programme will create a steady flow of ...

The FEV1/FVC ratio is a test that helps measure how much air you can forcefully expire (exhale) from your lungs. It involves a tool called a spirometer that can measure the volume of breath expired in ...

When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow to screen for COPD, according to data published in American Journal ...

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) was associated with the development of airway obstruction over 10 years of follow-up, independent of smoking habits, with comparable odds for disease ...

FEV1 <70% of FVC. FEV1 <80% of the predicted value. Improvement in FEV1 of 30% after a bronchodilator is given. You review your patient six months later, after a spirometry result which shows that he ...

Assessments included questionnaire, clinical examination, skin prick tests, serum IgE antibodies to inhaled allergens, blood eosinophils, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), spirometry, multiple ...