Vitalograph has announced its acquisition of Morgan Scientific, a US-based respiratory diagnostics company specialising in customer-facing software for advanced pulmonary function testing (PFT ...

Rebecca P. Mann, Pharm.D., BCPS; Kathy Zaiken, Pharm.D. In spite of national recognition of the importance of spirometry and the availability of a handheld device in the internal medicine ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Annual Conference, Vitalograph and Thorasys announced a strategic partnership that further integrates ...

Overall, 2674 participants who received both a CT scan and spirometry were included in the analysis. Of these, 485 were Black men, 762 were Black women, 659 were White men, and 768 were White women.

Skolnik said, “For example, pulmonary function tests like spirometry are very helpful in gaining insight as to whether someone has active respiratory disease.” Go With the Pro ...

Despite normal spirometry results, some adults with more than 20 pack-years of smoking display respiratory symptoms and experience more exacerbations than asymptomatic smokers, according to ...

Spirometry results obtained by practice nurses were lower than those obtained in a PFL, leading to over-diagnosis of COPD severity. Primary Care Respiratory Journal ...

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 ...

Two major cohorts were included. COPDGene enrolled 10,305 participants at 21 sites in the United States between 2007 and 2011, with follow-up through 2022.