“Patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who have low exercise tolerance are likely to experience poor respiratory health outcomes,” the investigators concluded. “Exercise tolerance may be considered one ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that affects millions of people worldwide and can make everyday activities such as ...

“Emphysema makes it hard to breathe air out of your lungs as it affects the tiny air sacs at the end of the airways where ...

MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane can assess regional lung ventilation and monitor improvements in response to medication ...

“Emphysema is part of a group of lung conditions which comes under the umbrella term chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Oxygen is essential to life. The respiratory system works tirelessly to provide fresh oxygen to the body and ensure that all ...

COPD is easily detected in its preclinical phase using spirometry, and successful smoking cessation (a cost-effective intervention) prevents further disease progression. This consensus statement ...

The research categorized lung function into three patterns: normal spirometry (NS), PRISm findings, and COPD. Frailty was tracked using the frailty index (FI), a comprehensive measure assessing ...

However, few studies have related objectively assessed occupational exposures to prospectively assessed incidence of COPD, using postbronchodilator lung function tests. Our objective ... 20 years ...

Rates of spirometry use across VISNs. The predicted rates of spirometry use were classified into quintiles from the highest to lowest rates, then they were color coded. Quintile 1 (green ...

It was fun in the rain for the masses on a sodden second day of the Rhythm and Vines music festival. Plastic ponchos and gumboots were all the fashion. Festivalgoers at Gisborne’s Rhythm and ...

Morrison said since the program launched full-time, APD has made about 250 DWI arrests monthly, and of those 250, about 100 people each month refuse to take a blood or breath test. Allan Richardson, ...