Quantitative CT is becoming increasingly common for the characterisation of lung disease; however, its added potential as a clinical tool for predicting severe exacerbations remains understudied. We ...

Spirometry confirmed COPD in our analysis was defined by the presence of FEV 1 /FVC ration of <0.07 on a postbronchodilator spirometry testing in accordance with Global Initiative for Chronic ...

Spirometry test, a measure of the patient's lung function, is the gold standard for diagnosis and monitoring of chronic pulmonary diseases. Spirometry is currently being done in hospital settings by ...

Prior work has shown that smartphone spirometry can effectively measure lung function using the phone’s built-in microphone and could one day play a critical role in making spirometry more usable, ...

We now report a study using data from the Health Survey for England (HSE), a nationally representative survey which has included objective measures of both lung function and tobacco smoking, to ...