The spirometry test is a simple diagnostic test carried out using a spirometer. A person will breathe into the tube attached to the spirometer, which records the results.

The test uses a spirometer, which is a specialized machine with a tube connected, to measure the speed and volume of air that is exhaled into the tube. Image Credit: Koldunova Anna / Shutterstock.com ...

Learn about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis and testing, including spirometry and the electrocardiogram (EKG).

Having impaired vs. normal spirometry findings, as well as COPD, raised the odds for cardiovascular disease and the risk for incident cardiovascular disease, according to study results published ...

Videos; Diagnosing COPD. Hide Video Transcript . Video Transcript . Nurse. ... Spirometry is an important tool in both monitoring and diagnosing COPD. David Schulman, MD, MPH.

When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow to screen for COPD, according to data published in American Journal ...

Spirometry is the only method to definitively diagnose COPD, but two-thirds of patients go untested. A look at the state of an undervalued diagnostic.

Lung disease tests are failing Black patients, studies show. Experts are calling for change. Recent studies cast further concerns about spirometry, the most common lung function test used by ...

Therapeutic management was the focus of another AAAAI poster addressing the impact of race-based spirometry in 2076 children enrolled in Inner-City Asthma Consortium studies between 2002 and 2015.

The cohort study included a total of 24,662 patients (4% Black, 53.2% women) ages 18 to 95 years (mean 57.6) who completed spirometry testing at Massachusetts General Hospital between Jan. 1, 1997 ...