Allergy and asthma share symptoms but differ in causes and treatment. Expert suggests accurate diagnosis using clinical ...

Evidence-based recommendations on the early use of digital technologies for applying algorithms to spirometry to support asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis in primary ...

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) and the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) have published a joint statement on the use and interpretation of spirometry for the ...

Introduction Although spirometry has been available for decades, it is underused in paediatric practice, other than in specialist clinics. This is unsurprising as there is limited evidence on the ...

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New NICE draft guidance has recommended the implementation of a digital tool using artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret spirometry tests at GP practices, which could increase access to testing ...

Researchers in Sweden conducted a real-world clinical study involving 123 participants (mean age, 33 years; 67% females) with asthma-like symptoms to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic ...

If you have trouble breathing, your doctor may recommend a few tests to figure out what’s causing it. Some measure how much air you breathe in or out or how much oxygen is going from your lungs to the ...

Race-neutral equations for assessing lung function appeared to catch more true-abnormal findings for Black patients than did previously standard race-adjusted spirometry equations, a study showed.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several European studies have investigated integrating spirometry at the time of low-dose CT. Spirometry needs ...

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Exclusive Over half of ICSs do not have enough spirometry testing capacity to meet demand, new research by a lung health charity has found. In a survey conducted by Asthma+Lung UK, 16 out of the 27 ...