Spirometry is a lung function test that can distinguish restrictive conditions — like fibrosis, sarcoidosis, or obesity-related lung restriction — from obstructive lung diseases — such as ...

Spirometry will usually show obstruction to airflow. Formal pulmonary function testing, which is an extensive process taking an hour or so with a skilled and experienced technician, is ideal for ...

If you are a smoker or former smoker you should have a simple lung-function test, called spirometry, according to a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Spirometry can help ...

New study findings call into question the necessity of spirometry as a criterion for participation in palliative care research among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The NCQA recruited health plans to test the feasibility of a measure that would assess the number of eligible patients ≥ 40 years old with a new diagnosis of COPD who had undergone spirometry to ...