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, ...

and had post bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity ratio (FEV1/FVC) of less than 0.7. Overall, the researchers enrolled 100 patients with COPD (mean [SD] age ...

Using the Global Initiative for COPD criteria, a postbronchodilator ratio of forced expired volume in 1 s (FEV 1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) less than 0.7 is currently the accepted diagnostic ...

Get more resources on masking and COVID-19 precautions. Congenital pulmonary stenosis is a health problem that is present from birth. It’s when the pulmonary valve in your heart doesn’t fully open.

The FDA has approved Dupixent as an add-on maintenance therapy for adults with inadequately controlled COPD and an eosinophilic phenotype.

in the annualized rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations compared with placebo. Participants treated with dupilumab also experienced numerical improvement in post-bronchodilator FEV 1 at ...

The health regulator has cleared the drug's use as an add-on treatment for some adults with inadequately controlled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that progressively ...