I’ve been living with IPF for eight years now, but the number of those appointments and tests can still overwhelm me, especially as I’m a young adult trying to prioritize my career. These visits not ...

UK Introduction Comprehensive pulmonary function tests (PFTs) may be performed ahead of elective listing for liver transplantation. Previous studies have associated restrictive respiratory deficits ...

Methods We identified individuals seen between 2005 and 2015 with a confirmed diagnosis of sarcoidosis who had at least two pulmonary function test measurements within 3 years of entry into the cohort ...

METHODS A total of 27 660 black South African gold miners who had reliable pulmonary function tests from January 1995 to August 1996 were retrospectively followed for the incidence of pulmonary ...

On average, Black people’s lungs tend to be smaller and to perform worse on spirometry tests. Because lower lung function was seen as “normal” for a Black person, Black patients were less likely to be ...

Methods: Chest CT scans and pulmonary function tests were performed in 65 male patients with COPD. Using CT images, the CT scan density of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae (T4, T7, T10 ...

The diagnosis of COPD requires lung function tests. Important management strategies are smoking cessation, vaccinations, rehabilitation, and drug therapy (often using inhalers). Some patients go ...

Toby Maher, MD, PhD, professor of clinical medicine, Keck Medicine of USC, discusses the impact of changes in lung function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The rate of forced ...

In cases of pulmonary fibrosis attributable to interstitial lung disease, whether the aetiology is known or unknown, the ...

These standards set out best practice in commissioning spirometry services to support ... and insured expenditure (Asthma and Lung UK 2023). Spirometry measures lung function by asking the patient to ...

To undo this bias, researchers are changing the algorithms and instruments and finding new models to reduce disparities.

There is some question amongst healthcare providers as to whether the Fukuda test is a reliable measure of vestibular function. One study compared the Fukuda Stepping Test with another test called the ...