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 ...

Spirometry is a test used to investigate the cause of symptoms such as breathlessness, cough and wheeze, and is essential for diagnosing and managing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

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 ...

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.

Long-awaited joint UK guidelines for asthma have today been finalised, overhauling recommendations to GPs for diagnostics and ...

A lack of simple tests for common lung conditions is preventing GPs making accurate diagnoses, a charity says. Asthma and Lung UK says it could cause serious problems for the NHS in winter, as ...

Asthma is the most common lung disease ... “Another more in-depth test is called spirometry, which is available in hospitals ...

Asthma Watch has been running for 12 months and has created 4 TV interviews, 15 newspaper articles and 5 radio announcements. Central Coast GPs have a high rate of spirometry utilisation (16.3 per ...

The latest NICE guidelines on asthma emphasize FeNO testing. Bedfont® provides resources and support for healthcare professionals implementing these changes.

It recommends healthcare practitioners should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to be taken as needed for everyone aged 12 and over with newly diagnosed ...