Background: There is controversy about whether therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) modifies the natural history of COPD, characterized by an accelerated decline in FEV 1. Methods ...

Your doctor may reference these guidelines to determine the severity of the COPD. Normal result Abnormal result FEV1 80% or more of the predicted value less than 80% of the predicted value FVC ...

[17] Table 1 describes the staging system for COPD severity, as outlined by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2006, [19] which takes into account forced expiratory ...

Spirometry is the most common pulmonary function test used to diagnose lung disease and determine its severity. FEV1 is the volume of air expired in the first second of a forced exhalation and is ...

and had post bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity ratio (FEV1/FVC) of less than 0.7. Overall, the researchers enrolled 100 patients with COPD (mean [SD] age ...

Carpets, fireworks, and hot tubs are some of the unexpected things that can hurt your lungs. Find out what you can do to prevent problems from these and other culprits.

These researchers found that the new classification thresholds affect severity classification in the same proportion for White and Black patients with COPD and are appropriately associated with ...

Quantitative CT findings may be useful in identifying early, clinically significant airway disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Improvements were sustained over 24 hours, with mean differences in FEV1 AUC ranging from 205 mL to 282 mL (p The studies involved adults with moderate-to-very-severe COPD and a significant ...