And self-screening tools can help you determine ... What about a home spirometry test for COPD? Spirometry is a test that measures how much air you can breathe out and how quickly.

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 ...