Our study measures effects of the Spirometry Learning Module (SLM) on health-care professionals’ knowledge of spirometry test quality and perceived confidence, experience, and understanding of ...

Chronic airway diseases limiting respiratory flow are common, especially asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with an estimated 300 million and 170 million cases worldwide, ...

Many of us take our ability to breathe for granted, but if you have chronic lung disease or other respiratory issues, breathing can become a serious challenge. It’s important for those with ...

Recent studies show that many patients are being treated for COPD without confirmatory spirometry. In-office testing is easy and available. A recent study showed that only 32% of patients admitted to ...

Researchers in Sweden conducted a real-world clinical study involving 123 participants (mean age, 33 years; 67% females) with asthma-like symptoms to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic ...

Although the cause is unclear, spirometry measurements obtained at home had poor agreement with results obtained in the clinic, according to findings presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) ...