A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ...
The main method of diagnosing COPD has been a spirometry test, which measures lung function through the quantity of air that ...
methods to reduce risk, and disease management remains poor. The commentary discusses the COPD Foundation's PIVOT (Patient-Inspired Validation of Outcome Tools) initiative, a patient-centric ...