Pulmonary diagnostic tests are a series of tests which evaluate how well the lungs are performing. These tests may be performed to help diagnose disease, monitor disease progression or therapeutic ...

Doctors carry out pulmonary function tests to check how well a person’s lungs work and identify any issues. The tests are noninvasive and provide measurements, such as lung capacity, volume, and gas ...

A lower initial lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide is associated with a higher rate of progression from very early diagnosis to definite systemic sclerosis.

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

Within the last two decades, multiple stem cell transplants and immunotherapy have been added to intensive chemotherapy as the standard of care for high-risk neuroblastoma, drastically improving ...

Doctors use lung diffusion tests to measure how well a person’s lungs exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. The test can detect lung damage and help diagnose lung conditions, including emphysema and ...

The use of newly developed race-neutral reference equations for pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation led to a significant increase in both the prevalence and severity of respiratory ...

The Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the latest published research and science and produce a report addressing best ...

Sequential imatinib and chemotherapy yield reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-negative peripheral stem cell collections in Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome positive acute ...

Experts in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease define the role of pulmonary function tests such as spirometry for a diagnosis. Transcript Neil B. Minkoff, MD: Let me ask 1 last question ...