With that in mind, Medscape Medical News asked leading primary care physicians for their advice and insight on navigating the ...

Spirometry testing in the afternoon vs ... with patients tested in the afternoon 32% less likely to have a positive bronchodilator response compared to those tested in the morning.

The criteria for the diagnosis of COPD is a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of < 70% (absolute value). Spirometry technique Spirometric patterns Baseline spirometry: the nurse responsible for ...

Discriminative performance improved after adding sex-specific pre-bronchodilator peak expiratory flow to St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score. When spirometry is unavailable, physicians ...

The researchers found that the odds of a positive bronchodilator response decreased by 8 percent ... the need to document the ...