Weakened lung function diagnosis can potentially be achieved sooner in the aging process with increased monitoring.

A significant percentage of Black men found to have normal lung function after race-based adjustments to spirometry were actually found to have emphysema on their computed tomography (CT) scans, ...

"In patients with risk factors for COPD and respiratory symptoms, referring for spirometry is important to triage who will and won’t benefit from bronchodilators." – Meilan Han, MD, Professor of ...

ATS 2022, San Francisco, CA – A significant percentage of Black men found to have normal lung function after race-based adjustments to spirometry were actually found to have emphysema on their ...

Impaired lung function is associated with both the prevalence and incidence of SpA, with the strongest effects observed in axSpA and AS.

Removing race from equations that estimate lung function will shift the categorization of disease severity across patient populations, moving more Black individuals into an advanced disease category, ...

With the high prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents, the importance of knowing the effects on multiple systems of the body, including the respiratory system, can aid in preventing and ...