Despite these benefits, most physicians in clinical practice rely only on history and clinical examination to make a diagnosis of OAD and to start pharmacotherapy. 4 This approach leads to both ...

Chest physiotherapy is a common treatment for cystic fibrosis that involves breathing exercises and specialized devices. Often, people with cystic fibrosis are taught how to do chest physiotherapy on ...

Recent studies show that many patients are being treated for COPD without confirmatory spirometry. In-office testing is easy and available. A recent study showed that only 32% of patients admitted to ...

Spirometry is a type of pulmonary function test that provides information about the function of the lungs and can be used for a variety of purposes. The test uses a spirometer, which is a specialized ...