Experimental Group. The intervention consists of the nurse collecting data, performing a spirometry test and then giving the patient an appointment with their GP within 10 days. At this ...

Your healthcare provider will consider your symptoms to determine which tests to order. Spirometry measures lung volume—how much and how quickly you can blow air out of your lungs. The ...

Using just one inhalation lung CT scan, a deep learning model can accurately diagnose and stage chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

However, the first prospective study of > 1,000 spirometry tests performed by nurses in the outpatient clinics of 30 randomly selected primary-care physicians in New Zealand found that less than ...

The main method of diagnosing COPD has been a spirometry test, which measures lung function through the quantity of air that ...

Spirometry tests are commonly used to help diagnose lung conditions, like asthma and COPD, by measuring the amount of air someone can breathe out in one forced breath. This is done with a device ...

While millions of people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), many don’t realize they have it until it ...

Spirometry measures how well a person’s lungs are working. Source: Juice Flair / Shutterstock A lung function test, also called spirometry, measures how well a person’s lungs are working.

The main method of diagnosing COPD has been a spirometry test, which measures lung function through the quantity of air that can be inhaled and exhaled, researchers said. Some hospitals now also ...