Race-neutral pulmonary function testing, now recommended by ATS and implemented at Boston Medical Center, has had a long road ...

Background Spirometry testing in respiratory disease research, diagnosis, and management relies on reference equations. The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) reference equations are based on data ...

Prairie Ridge’s Abby Smith, center, hits the ball in varsity girls volleyball at Hampshire High School in Hampshire on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (Patrick Kunzer for Shaw Local/Patrick Kunzer for Shaw ...

1 Direcció d’Atenció Primària, Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, Spain 2 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a ...

Objective: to correlate the findings of high resolution computed tomography of the chest based on the Bhalla score with the clinical data and spirometry in children and adolescents with cystic ...

Background: Smoking is the main preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in our region, it being the main causative agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There still is no consensus on ...

A high hazard of severe COVID-19 was linked to prepandemic spirometry showing FEV1/FVC less than 0.4, severe obstructive physiology, and restrictive physiology. Prepandemic severe spirometric ...

Those who participated in physical activity for up to 500 metabolic equivalent-minutes per week had a 10% lower risk for RSP vs those with no physical activity. Physical activity (PA) levels have a ...

A RECENT study suggested that deep learning–derived respiratory metrics obtained from chest CT scans may provide valuable prognostic information for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

Race-neutral equations for assessing lung function appeared to catch more true-abnormal findings for Black patients than did previously standard race-adjusted spirometry equations, a study showed.

The following is a summary of “Effect of a post-bronchodilator FEV 1 /FVC < 0.7 on COPD diagnosis and treatment: a regression discontinuity design,” published in the April 2025 issue of Respiratory ...

Among participants with PRISm, those with vs without ILAs were older and had increased airway wall thickness, lower FVC, and a longer history of heavy smoking. Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) ...