There are several tests that doctors can use to diagnose and monitor COPD. Let's take a look at what abnormal values for ...

with subsequent spirometry) 111 1.31 94620 (pulmonary stress testing, simple (eg, prolonged exercise test for bronchospasm with before and after spirometry) 112 1.33 ...

For those who have COPD and don’t know where to begin, the My COPD Checklist is your first port of call; one that can point ...

Background: Studies indicate that not all physicians in clinical practice use spirometry routinely in the diagnosis of COPD. Understanding the patterns of spirometry use across geographic regions ...

John Ruttle has a condition that kills 7600 Australians a year, but half of people with it don’t know it. One small tweak ...

Take a big deep breath in, up, up, up, up! Suck it in – blow hard! Blast out fast! Blow it out, blow it out, blow it out, blow, blow, blow. Breathe deep, up, up, up, up and catch your breath He ...

A project to pick up undiagnosed COPD in people who had attended lung health checks found 70% had the condition.

ICBs should commission spirometry services in primary care and not just rely on CDCs to provide access, says new NHS England ...

When Sydney woman Linda Goldsmith started having trouble breathing around 15 years ago she put it down to moving house. It ...

based on in-person spirometry and plethysmography tests or CT scans. It also diagnosed COPD with 90% accuracy and identified statistically significant associations in medication efficacy during ...

It sometimes develops due to lung problems, like respiratory infections, blood clots, or lung cancer. What feels like lung pain may also originate in a nearby structure, such as the chest wall or ...