Skolnik said, “For example, pulmonary function tests like spirometry are very helpful in gaining insight as to whether ...

Using imaging and respiratory symptoms, researchers identified up to 15.4% of individuals without airflow obstruction as ...

A new device was able to distinguish between mild and very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic ...

Current recommendations for diagnosis of COPD in patients with respiratory symptoms require detection of airflow obstruction ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are frequently normal in patients with sarcoidosis, despite evidence of abnormal chest radiography.

Including imaging and symptom-based data in COPD diagnosis captures patients with high-risk disease otherwise overlooked.

Women with COPD, asthma, and OSA may go undiagnosed or without proper care because their symptomatology differs from the classic male presentation.

Mortality risk was 34% lower among patients who underwent spirometry when initiating medication for a chronic respiratory condition.

"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 ...