University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic ...

We have developed a new, multidimensional diagnostic schema for COPD that incorporates spirometry, symptoms, and imaging and ...

Including imaging and symptom-based data in COPD diagnosis captures patients with high-risk disease otherwise overlooked.

Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic ...

Forced oscillation technique (FOT) can enhance early detection and management of progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

A new study reanalyzing spirometry data in Northeast Asian COPD patients suggests that race-neutral GLI reference equations ...

Mortality risk was 34% lower among patients who underwent spirometry when initiating medication for a chronic respiratory condition.

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown, for ...

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.

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown for the first time, how lung ...