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What to Expect From a Spirometry Test
If the second round of spirometry testing using a bronchodilator improves your values by 12% or more, your healthcare ...
Combination treatment should be standard first line treatment and will help to reduce hospital admissions and deaths, reports ...
Long-awaited joint UK guidelines for asthma have today been finalised, overhauling recommendations to GPs for diagnostics and ...
The latest NICE guidelines on asthma emphasize FeNO testing. Bedfont® provides resources and support for healthcare professionals implementing these changes.
A smoker since her teenage years, it took the diagnosis of COPD in 2005 to finally force her to quit. “Giving up cigarettes ...
Study objective: To evaluate the validity of spirometry self-testing during home telemonitoring and to assess the acceptance of an Internet-based home asthma telemonitoring system by asthma patients.
20 pack-years of cigarette smoking), (2) by documenting moderate-to-severe airflow limitation using a diagnostic spirometry test, and (3) by excluding heart failure and asthma as the causes of ...
Detecting the Diseases: Both COPD and asthma require a full Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) that includes spirometry, lung volume, and diffusion capacity. However, asthma may require additional ...