Lung function trajectories for FEV1 and FVC increase rapidly in children until the mid-teens, then peak at age 20 in females and 23 years in males.

Patients with COPD and type 2 diabetes had a reduced risk for COPD hospitalization, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation and all-cause mortality if they used an SGLT-2 inhibitor, according to ...

Chekuri, V. and Trotter, G. (2025) Case Report: A Diagnostic Odyssey Unveiling BCGosis in an Elderly Patient. Case Reports in ...

HealthDay News — Seventy percent of U.S. adults would conduct a home test for suspected COVID-19, according to a study published online June 30 in JAMA Network Open.

Both patients with IPF and patients with PPF treated with nerandomilast demonstrated a smaller decline in forced vital ...

Long-term exposure to very high altitude significantly reduces cardiopulmonary function in healthy adults from lowland ...

Long-term follow-up revealed improved lung function despite persistent imaging abnormalities post-severe COVID-19.

A grant from the Melissa Andrews Trust has funded a crucial software update for the Pulmonary Function Test machine at ...

A grant from the Melissa Andrews Trust has funded a software update for the Pulmonary Function Test machine (PFT) at ...

Body plethysmography is testing for lung conditions. Learn about how it’s performed, how to prepare for it, and more.

Lung function measurement, also called lung function test, pulmonary function test (PFT), or breathing test, measures how well the lungs are working. There are several tests measuring the lung ...

Testing the new technique The researchers analysed 19 F-MRI data from 38 healthy participants, 35 with asthma and 21 with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), reporting their findings in ...