Lower likelihood of timely spirometry was related to female sex, low socio-economic status, cognitive impairment, depression/anxiety, frailty, and systemic antibiotic use. Mortality risk was 34% lower ...

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 ...

Moreover, this study uses a machine learning method, KNN regression, to predict normal spirometry values for Iranian adults aged 35–70 years. The objective is to provide these values based on age and ...

Objective This 12-month study in a primary healthcare network aimed to assess the effectiveness of usual smoking cessation advice compared with personalised information about the spirometry results.

Introduction Although spirometry has been available for decades, it is underused in paediatric practice, other than in specialist clinics. This is unsurprising as there is limited evidence on the ...

Spirometry was first invented in the 1840s by an English surgeon called John Hutchinson, who realised that lung volume or forced vital capacity was related to mortality. 185 years later, spirometry is ...

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.

This test is similar to spirometry. You breathe into a tube attached to a machine. The test can help diagnose a disease of the blood vessels between your heart and lungs, and it can show the ...

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Spirometry, a type of pulmonary function test (PFT), is a non-invasive procedure that can provide information about how well your lungs are working. It measures how much and how quickly the air you ...