PFTs are of three basic types: spirometry, lung volumes, and lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO). 3 Spirometry measures the airflow and lung capacity.

Spirometry is a lung function test that can distinguish restrictive conditions — like fibrosis, sarcoidosis, or obesity-related lung restriction — from obstructive lung diseases — such as ...

Between spirometry tests, a doctor may recommend rechecking your FEV1 whenever you see changes in your COPD symptoms. Besides breathing difficulty, symptoms of COPD include: coughing that produces ...

When spirometry is unavailable, physicians can use the St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire score plus peak expiratory flow to screen for COPD, according to data published in American Journal ...

Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key, and integrating spirometry at the time of lung cancer screening could help identify this disease ...

Australians living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being exposed to greater health risks as the use of a critical diagnostic ...

PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, June 18, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- The global pulmonary function testing (PFT) devices market is experiencing strong growth, driven by a surge in lung-related diseases ...

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 ...