Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema improved identification of individuals with poor respiratory outcomes, ...

A new chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnostic schema integrating respiratory symptoms, respiratory quality of life ...

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with more than three-quarters of individuals already having moderate or severe/very severe airflow obstruction at the time of diagnosis 6. The small airways, often referred to as the silent zone ...

techniques to simulate airflow through the airway and pinpoint areas of turbulence, which are key indicators of obstruction. These combined techniques allowed the researchers to accurately ...

Evidence of airflow obstruction (based on FEV/VC <LLN) was observed in 54 (17%) of athletes, 11 (20%) of whom had a supra-normal FVC values. When these athletes were excluded, the group median FEV1 ...