Can informing a patient of the results of spirometry testing increase awareness of the harmful effects of smoking?

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 ...

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a pulmonary function pattern characterized by a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity ratio greater than 0.70, with ...

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.

There are several tests that doctors can use to diagnose and monitor COPD. Let's take a look at what abnormal values for these tests mean.

The 2024 GOLD COPD Report includes updated research and recommendations that reflect shifts in thinking on COPD management.

To detect clinically significant hypercapnia promptly, the control intervals for spirometry should be narrowed in patients with COPD stages 3 and 4 with declining FVC% or FEV1% below critical ...

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 ...

Kids' Spirometry Results Differed When Switching to Race-Neutral Equations — Magnitude of differences "substantially larger in children of Black race," researcher noted ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) have an increased risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality, highlighting the ...

Equations that don’t use racially and ethnically adjusted spirometry results to help determine eligibility for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) clinical trials may lead to higher ...

Key takeaways: Mean FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted changed with use of race-neutral vs. race-specific equations. The impact of race-neutral equations on spirometry interpretation was greatest ...