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

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 ...

Interstitial lung abnormalities are more prevalent in individuals with PRISm, and those with PRISm and ILAs have higher all-cause mortality.

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.

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 ...

mean change from baseline FEV 1 at 12 wk: cilomilast +10 mL vs placebo -60 mL (p = 0.16) COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV 1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC = forced ...

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 ...

Dupilumab added to standard COPD triple therapy reduces the annual rate of moderate exacerbations but not severe exacerbations.

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 ...