This device measures lung function and records the results, which are also displayed on a graph ... COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, or another condition. Your doctor will use a spirometer to ...

A proportion of respondents had spirometry performed. Regression analysis (including age and sex) estimated the association of ever having smoked and ever having VGDF exposure with reported doctor ...

Methods Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for COPD confirmed by spirometry in primary care. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and other bibliographic ...

94010 (spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement) 4,285 50.7 94014 (patient-initiated spirometric recording per 30-d period of time ...

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function. They usually also perform other tests to monitor the damage to your lungs.

A total of 5,039 eligible patients (3,559 commercial, 347 Medicaid, and 1,403 Medicare) with a new diagnosis of COPD during the study period were identified ( Table 1). Sixty-five percent of ...

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 ...

The health initiative will see a team of COPD health professionals offering free spirometry testing. Spirometry is a simple and painless breathing test where a person breathes into a device called ...

Researchers assessed whether individuals with an impaired long-term trajectory of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) had a notable respiratory symptom burden and ...

Conclusion High levels of home TM engagement and adherence to good quality spirometry can be obtained with digital coaching in selected patients with COPD. It is likely that personalised physiologist ...

In aging populations, accurately diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents a challenge due to the limitations of existing diagnostic criteria, according to a study published ...

The main method of diagnosing COPD has been a spirometry test, which measures lung function through the quantity of air that can be inhaled and exhaled, researchers said. Some hospitals now also ...