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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 ...

Extending the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in premature infants by two weeks significantly increases lung volume and lung diffusion capacity, according to a new study.

A data analysis found the inhaled therapy Tyvaso outperformed a placebo at preserving lung function in people with IPF in a ...

THE patient with a chest roentgenogram showing persisting diffuse infiltrations often presents a difficult diagnostic problem. The x-ray picture and the usual complaint of dyspnea are nonspecific.

Hypercapnic patients were best separated from normocapnic patients using thresholds for FVC% of 56% predicted and 33% predicted for FEV1%. Hypercapnia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

CIGARETTE smoke has been found to be closely related to the increased incidence of pulmonary cancer. 1 The epic work of Auerbach et al. 2 on the effects of smoking on the tracheobronchial epithelium ...

What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

Lupus can affect the lungs in many ways and lead to potential complications and increased risk of death. Pulmonary (lung) function tests (PFTs) are capable of identifying abnormalities that may ...