Chronic cough, breathlessness or pollution exposure may signal underlying lung disease. Here's when you should consider a ...

Introduction Preterm birth is associated with poor expiratory airflow, but spirometry phenotypes are not well-described. Objectives To characterise abnormal spirometry phenotypes at age 8 years in ...

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 ...

IN a study likely to impact the clinical assessment of COPD across diverse populations, researchers have found that newer race-neutral Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) spirometry reference ...

1 School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China 2 Department of Pediatrics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Background: To evaluate ...

Introduction Spirometry is a point-of-care lung function test that helps support the diagnosis and monitoring of chronic lung disease. The quality and interpretation accuracy of spirometry is variable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several European studies have investigated integrating spirometry at the time of low-dose CT. Spirometry needs ...