The subjects then performed three TLC manoeuvres through a spirometer (Morgan, Massachusetts, USA), followed by brief and stepwise occlusions and openings of the mouthpiece at different lung volumes, ...

Spirometry was first invented in the 1840s by an English surgeon called John Hutchinson, who realised that lung volume or forced vital capacity was related to mortality. 185 years later, spirometry is ...

This study demonstrates the variations in the volume of expired gas resulting ... In an additional 30 patients with pulmonary emphysema the fast vital-capacity test was performed before the ...

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"Additionally, men experienced a 17% reduced risk of airway obstruction. In women, while higher hemoglobin levels were linked ...

More New Hampshire residents are showing up to doctors' offices and hospitals with flu-like symptoms, and emergency ...

Raised residual volume and residual volume/total lung capacity ratio are associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and with lung damage shown by high-resolution CT. Between March 2008 and May ...

A recent spike of influenza A cases in New York has pushed Strong Memorial Hospital beyond its capacity and medical ...

Participants with higher forced vital capacity, indicating better lung function, were less likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over 10 years.

The global respiratory diagnostics market, valued at US$ 5.85 billion in 2023, is forecasted to grow at a robust CAGR of 6.5% ...

Boehringer Ingelheim has cemented the potential of its idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) drug with a second phase 3 win in ...