What are pulmonary function tests? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are tests of lung function. They are intended to evaluate and monitor chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is ...

Hypercapnic patients were best separated from normocapnic patients using thresholds for FVC% of 56% predicted and 33% predicted for FEV1%. Hypercapnia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Extending the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment in premature infants by two weeks significantly increases lung volume and lung diffusion capacity, according to a new study.

DLCO declined earliest, falling measurably about 10 years before the defined onset. By five years before onset, DLCO had ...

MILAN -- Research presented at this year's annual European Respiratory Society congress included early successes in transplanting a patient's own lung cells to ease chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

A recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE reports that patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at a higher risk of experiencing persistent pulmonary impairments, even 12 ...

Role of PET scan in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and long-term outcomes for stage II lung cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...