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 ...

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 ...

There's no cure for COPD, and it's the third leading cause of death worldwide, researchers said in background notes. The main ...

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 ...

Methods: Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured by a maximal treadmill test (MTT), and respiratory function was tested by spirometry. The cross sectional study included data from 24 536 healthy ...

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 ...

The new guidance should simplify and expand the use of spirometry, so it becomes more of a central noninvasive diagnostic test to inform further diagnostic tests and treatment of patients with COPD.

GP practices are facing confusion over different approaches to asthma diagnosis set out in the QOF and in the new UK joint ...