New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...

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This article discusses the importance of DLCO testing in COPD, how to interpret ... the lungs earlier than spirometry can detect them. A low DLCO result may indicate lung issues at an earlier ...

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Interstitial lung abnormalities are more prevalent in individuals with PRISm, and those with PRISm and ILAs have higher all-cause mortality.

Healthcare providers order PFTs to diagnose and manage respiratory conditions like asthma, COPD, and interstitial lung ...

Keywords: Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); computed tomography imaging (CT imaging); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) A decade ago ...

Harms of race-specific lung function calculations extend to asthma and treatment, particularly in Black children.