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.

Spirometry is the only recognized method of definitively diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 1 It also gives patients and physicians a reliable way of tracking the progression ...

Related: Breathing Exercises That Help with Lung Disease An incentive spirometer is a medical device ... If you've been hospitalized with COPD, it's possible that pulmonary hygiene can help ...