A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown, for ...

Approximately 20% of patients who undergo bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) lose the effects of the treatment within ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the Clínic-IDIBAPS, has shown for the first time, how lung ...

“You want to get an idea if someone’s lung volumes are large or small. You also want to get an idea of diffusion capacity.” Diffusion capacity is a measure of how well the lungs can transfer ...

For many years, scientists believed that lung function increased steadily until it reached its peak around the ages of 20 to 25. After that, it was thought to remain stable for about 15 years before ...

A dose-response relationship was found between cannabis smoking and reduced forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity ratio and specific airways conductance, and increased total lung ...

Lung volume recruitment (LVR) stacks breaths to inflate the lungs ... Secondary outcomes included change in chest wall distensibility (maximal insufflation capacity minus FVC) and peak cough flow.

A group of Children's Hospital Los Angeles researchers found that ventilation managed by a computerized decision support (CDS ...

In celebration of its 120th anniversary, the American Lung Association is joining with the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) to announce the opening of applications for the CHEST/ALA ...

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

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is ...