The drawback of this study is that it was performed in a single urban center. The availability of trained personnel to conduct the test was not discussed as an issue, nor was the potential cost to the ...

New study findings call into question the necessity of spirometry as a criterion for participation in palliative care research among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Quality ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a multicenter, longitudinal cohort study, Regan and colleagues evaluated 10,198 current/former smokers with a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The likelihood for cardiovascular disease increased with impaired vs. normal spirometry findings. Individuals ...

In the spring of 2004, the NCQA received expedited institutional review board approval to conduct a research study to investigate the feasibility of implementing a health plan performance measure to ...

Researchers have developed a new COPD diagnostic framework that adds CT imaging and symptom assessment to traditional lung function tests, identifying at-risk patients missed by spirometry alone. The ...

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 ...

COPD requires regular monitoring through tests like spirometry to assess the condition’s severity and aid in an individualized treatment plan. COPD is a progressive lung condition that makes breathing ...

The diagnostics advisory committee considered evidence on digital technologies for applying algorithms to spirometry from several sources. This included evidence submitted by 4 companies, a review of ...

Considering a risk score generated from multiple genetic variants linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caught undiagnosed cases of the disease better than conventional risk factors ...