There are several tests that doctors can use to diagnose and monitor COPD. Let's take a look at what abnormal values for ...

Posters presented at the CHEST 2024 annual meeting demonstrated air pollution's role in lung impairment and disease, ...

Combining Zephyr and Spiration valve therapy benefited patients with COPD and advanced pulmonary emphysema while imparting a ...

Expert Rev Resp Med. 2012;6(3):309-319. Finally, a potential effect of tiotropium, particularly in the more recent Respimat formulation on the small airways, as was demonstrated in COPD in terms ...

FEV 1: Forced expiratory volume in 1 s ... (total energy expenditure/basal metabolic rate – 24 h). 1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of ...

Ensifentrine also achieved significant improvements in key measures of lung function in the trial, including the primary endpoint of forced expiratory volume (FEV1) at 12 weeks, as well as in COPD ...

Results Data were available for 261 patients with COPD participating in seven programmes: mean (SD) age 69.0 (9.0) years, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1) 51.1 (18.7) % predicted, MRC score 3.2 ...

Drug Improves Effectiveness of Radiation for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain Oct. 4, 2024 — The University of Cincinnati's Debanjan Bhattacharya is first author of new research ...

If your healthcare provider suspects you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you will likely be asked to have a chest X-ray. A chest X-ray is a simple, non-invasive imaging technique ...