We have tried plenty of home exercise equipment: from exercise bikes and rowing machines to yoga mats and adjustable ...

Physicians can use peak expiratory flow as a first-line tool for assessing variable airflow limitations among patients with asthma, according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society ...

Demographics like age, comorbidities, specific symptoms, and a physical exam can also guide testing. Skolnik said, “For example, pulmonary function tests like spirometry are very helpful in ...

due to systematic procedural and equipment errors. The increased data variability was identified only in 2004, when the group within-person variability monitoring began. Assessment of spirometry ...

The cohort study included a total of 24,662 patients (4% Black, 53.2% women) ages 18 to 95 years (mean 57.6) who completed spirometry testing at Massachusetts General Hospital between Jan. 1 ...

Spirometry testing capacity should align to the identified levels ... For example, safeguarding requirements, equipment and time. Access to spirometry pathways in the community is key and the models ...

“Formal pulmonary function testing is done with advanced equipment and by respiratory therapists who are specially trained,” Thomas said. “Point of care spirometry is more accessible but ...

New medical device becomes the first non-spirometry-based AI diagnostic tool for COPD to receive clearance under EU Medical Device Regulations N-Tidal Diagnose™ takes five minutes per test and has the ...

Until now, confirmation has required a spirometry test involving forced exhalation. It can take half an hour or more, and that's once you've managed to get an appointment. Dr Simon Rudland ...

Until now, confirmation has required a spirometry test involving forced exhalation. It can take half an hour or more, and that's once you've managed to get an appointment. Dr Simon Rudland, a GP in ...

Typically, people with suspected asthma will be offered a spirometry test, which involves taking a deep breath in, then breathing out hard and fast for as long as possible into a tube to assess ...

Typically, people with suspected asthma will be offered a spirometry test, which involves taking a deep breath in, then breathing out hard and fast for as long as possible into a tube to assess ...