Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some Black smokers had worse COPD classification after use of race-neutral vs. race-specific lung function ...

Using composite endpoints to predict clinically important deterioration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could help investigators assess disease activity in clinical trials and better ...

Spirometry test There is significant disparity in the ratios for postbronchodilator FEV1/FEV6 and FEV1/FVC %, and this disparity is very pronounced in women. Disclosure: One study author declared ...

Both agents are long-acting muscarinic antagonists. The primary endpoint of the study was the change from baseline in trough FEV 1 at day 85. Findings showed no statistically significant difference ...

Short-acting inhaled anticholinergics ¶ 44.9 44.1 Long-acting inhaled anticholinergics 2.0 1.6 Short-acting inhaled β2-agonists ¶ 68.5 68.1 Long-acting inhaled β2-agonists ¶ 60.1 60.1 Inhaled ...

"Physicians should feel more confident in following the recent guideline recommendations both to use race-neutral reference equations and to use z scores for assessing severity…Together, these changes ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...