Despite the widely accepted value of spirometry, testing a patient before and after they use a bronchodilator can take 30 minutes.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management relies on pulmonary function tests to evaluate lung function and tailor patient-specific therapies.

Race-neutral pulmonary function testing, now recommended by ATS and implemented at Boston Medical Center, has had a long road ...

Conclusions Inhaled dual bronchodilator therapy did not decrease respiratory symptoms in symptomatic, tobacco-exposed persons with preserved lung function as assessed by spirometry.

Dupilumab improved both pre- and post-bronchodilator (BD) lung function measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and type 2 (T2) inflammation, according to 2 ...

You can test yourself at home to get a better understanding of your COPD symptoms, but a doctor is needed for a diagnosis and treatment.

Children with asthma treated with dupilumab showed significantly improved lung function measured by pre-bronchodilator percent predicted forced expiratory volume per 1 second (ppFEV 1), with a ...

Lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research — and experts are calling for a change.