The value of spirometry for aiding the diagnosis of COPD and asthma, when performed by trained ... the first prospective study of > 1,000 spirometry tests performed by nurses in the outpatient ...

Those most likely to have asthma or COPD also took a spirometry breathing test -- the gold standard for diagnosing either ...

Measurement and results: Thirty-one asthma patients completed 3 weeks of monitoring. A paired t test showed no difference between unsupervised and supervised home spirometry self-testing.

Detecting the Diseases: Both COPD and asthma require a full Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) that includes spirometry, lung volume, and diffusion capacity. However, asthma may require additional ...