Interstitial lung abnormalities are more prevalent in individuals with PRISm, and those with PRISm and ILAs have higher all-cause mortality.
New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...
Comorbid lung function impairment was associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes.
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 ...
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, COPD exacerbation history groups were “mediocre” in ...
Dupilumab added to standard COPD triple therapy reduces the annual rate of moderate exacerbations but not severe exacerbations.
The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...
SAN DIEGO — Following use of race-neutral lung function equations, African American and Latino pediatric patients with asthma had reductions in FEV 1 and FVC while white patients with asthma had ...
Children found to have abnormal lung function go on to further diagnostic testing. Importantly, the FEV1 and FVC testing results in a percentage value compared to expected lung function.