Spirometry is the only recognized method of ... forced vitality capacity (FVC), or the total amount of air a patient can exhale after inhaling as deeply as possible; and the ratio of FEV 1 to ...

Around 20% to 25% of individuals with rapidly declining FEV1/FVC trajectories experienced wheezing and usual ...

Spirometry is a standard test doctors use to ... It measures the total amount you were able to exhale, called the forced vital capacity (FVC). The test also measures how much you exhaled in ...

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

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is associated with an increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality.

The ability to predict spirometry-defined COPD was significantly better when a modified lung function questionnaire score was ...

Methods: Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured by a maximal treadmill test (MTT), and respiratory function was tested by spirometry. The cross sectional study included data ... and forced vital ...

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

It seems imprudent to charge patients or third-party insurers for diagnostic-quality spirometry tests when office spirometry tests are performed, since office spirometry tests will require less ...

Interventions and outcome Report of spirometry findings, including forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1 ... 25 ± 5 years). Supra-normal FEV1 and FVC values were identified in 14% and 9% of the ...