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 ...

From tracking steps and heart rates to monitoring sleep patterns and stress levels ... conditions like asthma or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), which require clinical assessments such ...

Characteristic methylation patterns affecting 337 genes have been demonstrated ... N-ERD clinical symptoms usually start in the upper airway, with rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, post-nasal drip, and ...

We cannot risk having primary care physicians who think that every wheezing patient has asthma and that there is no justification for performing spirometry (because the ... We want to avoid the ...

Using just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Comparison measures of lung function and improved categorization of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk were among the key ...

Using just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

KOCHI: On the third Wednesday of November every year, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ... lung function — also known as spirometry — of a person which can help ...

“Ideally, the new section of screening for COPD in targeted populations will expand the use of lung cancer screening to be coupled with spirometry and symptoms assessment to diagnose COPD earlier,” ...

The editor’s pick for this issue is a review article discussing the promise of hyperpolarised xenon MRI, a non-invasive ...

World COPD Day, observed annually, aims to raise awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... emphasises the critical role of spirometry in diagnosing COPD and assessing overall ...