Spirometry is a standard test doctors use to determine how well your lungs function. A score that measures airflow into and out of your lungs can help diagnose COPD and determine the best treatments.

Guidelines recommend the confirmation of a COPD diagnosis with spirometry. Limited evidence exists, however, documenting the frequency of spirometry use in clinical practice. Methods: The National ...

Spirometry needs to be performed by a trained individual, which is often a respiratory therapist. Due to the destructive nature of COPD on patients’ lungs and well-being, timely diagnosis is key ...

normal spirometry findings. Individuals with impaired spirometry and COPD also faced a greater risk for incident cardiovascular disease. Having impaired vs. normal spirometry findings, as well as ...

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function. They usually also perform other tests to monitor the damage to your lungs.

Spirometry could aid physicians in identifying patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a study finds. Compared with individuals ...

Dr. Gabrielle Liu, an instructor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s pulmonary and critical care division, along with Kalhan and others, studied spirometry tests and CT ...

We've all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could be early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

1,2,3 Various types of PFT are used to diagnose and manage COPD. These include spirometry (tests based on blowing out the breath as hard as possible after the deepest possible inhalation), lung ...

"It is increasingly recognized that spirometry does not capture all aspects of this complex heterogeneous disease and there is growing consensus in the respiratory community that a COPD diagnosis ...

If you aren’t sure if your symptoms are COPD and you haven’t been diagnosed, you should first ask your doctor for a breathing test, like spirometry, says Dr. Han. The most common risk factor ...