Recent studies show that many patients are being treated for COPD without confirmatory spirometry. In-office testing is easy and available. A recent study showed that only 32% of patients admitted to ...

Background: Smoking is the main preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in our region, it being the main causative agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. There still is no consensus on ...

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

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black children had lower FEV 1 and FVC percent predicted after race-neutral vs. -specific equation use. Black vs ...