Medscape

Testing for Pulmonary Issues as a Primary Care Physician: What to Know

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...
Medscape

Testing for Pulmonary Issues as a PCP: What to Know

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...
Nature

Assessing diagnostic accuracy for asthma with home spirometry in primary care

The aim was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of lung function measurements for asthma in primary care, including trial treatment. Undiagnosed patients seeking care for asthma-like symptoms were ...
Nature

Feasibility, quality and added value of unsupervised at-home spirometry in primary care

Chronic airway diseases limiting respiratory flow are common, especially asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with an estimated 300 million and 170 million cases worldwide, ...
Healio

‘The earlier, the better’: Use spirometry to detect COPD during lung cancer screenings

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several European studies have investigated integrating spirometry at the time of low-dose CT. Spirometry needs ...