A rapid test harnessing the power of AI is set to transform the diagnosis of a lung condition that affects 3 million people ...
Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is a lung function test that may help detect COPD early and predict a person’s outlook. DLCO is a lung diffusion test that measures how ...
This was a single-center, prospective study. Patients with COPD were included if their post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1)/forced vital capacity ratio was <0.7 and FEV 1 ...
Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) ...
New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...
The following is a summary of “Point-of-care testing reduces antibiotic prescribing in acute exacerbations of chronic ...
Surya Bhatt, M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that patients with COPD and type 2 ...
Emerging evidence shows glucose-lowering medications may have the potential to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is an ongoing group of lung conditions that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the result of damaged lung tissue, which leads to ...
Patients with COPD plus a depression/anxiety disorder had poorer scores related to disease burden and health-related quality of life, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ...