Spirometry scores tell doctors how much air you’re able to pull into your lungs and how quickly you can expel it. This test is helpful for diagnosing and treating breathing conditions like COPD.

New research suggests that expectations are associated with asthma outcomes. People who thought more negatively about their condition reported worse symptoms, adding to growing evidence about the mind ...

Spirometry results will be considered within the normal range if FEV1/FVC > 70% (absolute value) and FVC and FEV1 > 80% of the predicted values. The pattern is classified as obstructive if FEV1 ...

Many children continue to experience respiratory symptoms up to 14 years after treatment for protracted bacterial bronchitis, ...

Home spirometry shows potential for early detection of pulmonary function decline in patients with systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). It shows good cross ...

Key takeaways: Using fixed-ratio spirometry criteria may underdiagnose COPD in African American individuals. African Americans had decreased FVC disproportionate to FEV 1, resulting in an elevated ...

For white patients, 15.0% had either their FEV 1 or FVC recategorized from abnormal under the race-adjusted equations to normal using the race-neutral equation. Their FEV 1 decline was similar to ...

Spirometry results in children were different after switching to race-neutral reference equations ... 95% CI 0.349-0.355, P<0.001) and FVC (mean difference 0.350, 95% CI 0.347-0.354, ...

With just chest X-rays, an AI model estimated FVC and FEV1 and had “excellent agreement” when compared with spirometry results, according to results published in The Lancet Digital Health ...

Preserved lung function on spirometry (FEV 1:FVC ≥0.70) in a person with current or former exposure to smoked tobacco and respiratory symptoms should generally discourage the prescription of ...

They completed a median 3.0 sets of spirometry over a median 2.6 years of follow-up. The study didn't show a similar trajectory for FVC as for FEV 1 among Black patients.