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

Effectiveness of Spirometry as a Motivational Tool for Smoking Cessation A Clinical Trial, the ESPIMOAT Study ...

Young adults who experienced bronchiolitis in infancy may face irreversible airway obstruction, according to new research ...

The main pharmacological interventions for palliation of breathlessness would be opioids, ie, oromorph and benzodiazepines ...

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 ...

Abnormal lung function was present in 51.9% of cases. Obstructive patterns were more common in CDH and EICLM, while restrictive disease prevailed in GO. In CDH, chest wall abnormalities, patch repair, ...

However, while airway obstruction has been described after preterm birth, little is known about other patterns of abnormal spirometry of PLD, including preserved ratio of impaired spirometry (PRISm) ...

Objectives To establish the prevalence of clinically significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and relevant characteristics in individuals with a significant smoking history who are ...

People with insomnia and concomitant obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) represented a fairly common, medically complex group for ...

The celebrated foursome star in Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross's first-ever commercial, 25 years after the show's debut ...

Distinct patterns on chest computed tomography (CT) scans among patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) are linked to varied ...

Texas' Leighann Goode was called for obstruction in Game 1 of the WCWS finals, leading to a controversial run for Texas Tech. See the play here: ...