Spirometry is a standard test doctors use to determine how well your lungs function. A score that measures airflow into and out of your lungs can help diagnose COPD and determine the best treatments.

A total of 161 COPD patients completed at least one CAT questionnaire at baseline, 75 at exacerbation and 52 of these patients completed the CAT questionnaire daily during exacerbation recovery.

Researchers have identified new lung function and blood test cutoffs to improve timely chronic hypercapnia management in ...

COPD is a serious yet preventable disease, and early intervention can preserve lung function and overall well-being.

This test measures how much air you exhale. You take deep breaths into a tube that a computer monitors to determine if you have COPD or another condition like asthma. Emphysema causes damage to ...

MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Folks with difficulty breathing can learn if they have COPD from a new AI-guided lung test, a new study suggests. The newly developed AI can accurately ...

Paper follows statement by Zuo Wei that 'stem cell and progenitor cell-based regenerative medicine may be the biggest, if not the only, hope to cure COPD' During a six-minute walking test ...

It has been found in a recent study published in Heliyon that individuals who are genetically predisposed to having ...

New Tool Better Predicts COPD Risk for People of Non-European Ancestry May 3, 2022 — Initial tests of a new 'crystal ball' for COPD revealed that it is better at predicting risk for both African ...

This was a single-center, prospective study. Patients with COPD were included if their post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1)/forced vital capacity ratio was <0.7 and FEV 1 ...

Folks with difficulty breathing can learn if they have COPD from a new AI-guided lung test, a new study suggests. The newly developed AI can accurately diagnose COPD using data from a single chest ...