New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...

Doctors use the GOLD system to assess people with COPD in “grades” of the condition. Grading is a way to measure the severity of the condition. It uses the forced expiratory volume (FEV1), a ...

Comorbid lung function impairment was associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes.

In this study, we found evidence of the negative effects of ß-blocker treatment on lung function (FEV 1) and AHR in patients with mild-to-moderate, irreversible COPD. FEV 1 deteriorated ...

Abstract: 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 ...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, COPD exacerbation history groups were “mediocre” in ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including breath control exercises, can improve lung function in long COVID patients after only 4 to 8 weeks, according to a study in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory ...

While FEV1 is an indicator for how open the airways are, FVC gives insights into the size of the lungs. From the repeated ...

From baseline to week 12, average FEV 1 area under the curve at 0 to 12 ... said in a statement from the drugmaker. "COPD has a significant impact on both mortality and morbidity in the U.S ...

Blow it out, blow it out, blow it out, blow, blow, blow. Breathe deep, up, up, up, up and catch your breath He's doing a lung function test called Spirometry. Ed suffers from COPD – Chronic ...