TIRUCHY: From June 4, all 84 primary health centres (PHCs) in the district, including those under the corporation, will ...

Spain cDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA dCenter for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA eSection ...

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

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

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

Abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disabling combination ... this project developed a low cost point of care spirometer prototype for the mobile phone called the “TeleSpiro.” ...

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

In vivo platelet activation and related pathways may be linked to small airways disease and pulmonary vascular changes in smokers.

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

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

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

Management of COPD in people with learning disabilities can be made more complex due to medical compliance issues and inhaler ...