This study examined the feasibility and yield of spirometric screening in a general medicine clinic. Each of 354 randomly selected patients answered a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and ...

March 30, 2023 – The American Thoracic Society has issued an official statement for clinicians that explains why race and ethnicity should no longer be considered factors in interpreting the results ...

Global pulmonary function testing market growth is driven by rising prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases, increasing geriatric population, and growing adoption of diagnostic monitoring ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

The use of newly developed race-neutral reference equations for pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation led to a significant increase in both the prevalence and severity of respiratory ...

Using race-neutral rather than race and ethnicity-specific reference equations to interpret pulmonary function tests (PFTs) increased the number of Black individuals considered to have respiratory ...

Among patients with asthma-like symptoms in primary care, testing using home spirometry may be useful for the diagnosis of ...

Patients with SARD-ILD-PPF who continued nintedanib for 12 months or longer had better outcomes than those who discontinued therapy.

In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet SSRN* server, researchers evaluated the impairment of pulmonary function in individuals suffering from post-acute sequelae of coronavirus ...