Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Clinicians working within the US healthcare system order CTs; it's just what we do, and we do it a lot. This isn't necessarily bad, but an inevitable by-product is the pandemic of incidental findings.

A 2% decline in FVC or DLco significantly increases the risk of death or lung transplant in IPF patients, challenging current clinical thresholds. The study suggests that smaller declines in lung ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . AUSTIN, Texas — Ongoing communication between rheumatology and pulmonology is essential to managing ...

The diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) values at six months, one year, and two years were 80, 82, and 84, respectively. DLco severity at the three follow-up visits did not show ...

A pair of studies presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2024 emphasized the importance of close monitoring and proactive treatment approaches for patients with idiopathic (IPF) and ...

—Early evidence suggests promise for a novel COPD treatment using autologous P63+ lung progenitor cell. This small study found the bronchoscopic transplantation of cultured P63+ cells to be safe and ...