Including imaging and symptom-based data in COPD diagnosis captures patients with high-risk disease otherwise overlooked.

Spirometry results will be considered within the normal range if FEV1/FVC > 70% (absolute value) and FVC and FEV1 > 80% of the predicted values. The pattern is classified as obstructive if FEV1 ...

Mortality risk was 34% lower among patients who underwent spirometry when initiating medication for a chronic respiratory condition.

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 ...

In a large US cohort study, pre-pandemic severe obstructive lung function, as measured by spirometry, was linked to more than a twofold increased risk for severe COVID-19. Researchers analyzed the ...

The risk of tuberculosis (TB) was higher in individuals with obstructive or restrictive lung function impairment compared to ...

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