Considerable controversy exists on the best methods to diagnose airflow obstruction. Most of the discrete ratio thresholds used to define airflow obstruction are insensitive to early and mild disease.

Researchers have found in two longitudinal cohorts that Incorporating chest CT imaging and respiratory symptoms into the ...

Patients with airflow obstruction -- the major criterion of a ratio of forced expiratory volume in the first second to forced vital capacity (FEV 1 /FVC) being less than 0.70 or less than the ...

There is an extremely low rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnoses in Japan, particularly among patients with airflow obstruction, despite regular respiratory function tests.

Individuals with pre-bronchodilator airflow obstruction appeared to be at significant risk for future COPD development, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical ...

Comparable clinical outcomes were found between individuals with airflow obstruction who no longer had COPD per new diagnostic schema and individuals without COPD, according to the study.

Asthma is characterized by recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and underlying inflammation. A stepped approach to symptom control and reduction of exacerbations ...

“An oral appliance can help by keeping the mandible in a forward and closed position. This helps to keep the airway open by ...

Among 5250 patients without airflow obstruction in the COPDGene cohort, 811 were reclassified according to the new system as having COPD by minor diagnostic category.

Patients with airflow obstruction -- the major criterion of a ratio of forced expiratory volume in the first second to forced vital capacity (FEV 1 /FVC) being less than 0.70 or less than the ...