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 ...

We aimed to determine whether spirometry undertaken in primary care for patients suspected to have COPD was of sufficient quality, and was correctly interpreted. Methods As part of previous studies 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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The 2024 theme, "Know Your Lung Function," emphasises the critical role of spirometry in diagnosing COPD and assessing overall lung health. Spirometry, a simple test to measure lung function ...