Among patients with a very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (VEDOSS), a baseline diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide by single breath (DLCO/SB) below 70% was associated with a ...
The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...
Office-based pulmonary function testing, also known as spirometry, is a powerful tool for primary care physicians to diagnose and manage respiratory problems. An obstructive defect is indicated by a ...
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) just updated their standards for interpreting lung function testing. The last joint society update from these organizations ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . All-cause mortality in COPD patients was “strongly predicted” by diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon ...
The researchers noted that their study is the first to assess the ability of noninvasive variables, both resting- and exercise-based, to identify pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease.