CEO Barry Quart outlined the company’s focus on rademikibart, an IL-4 receptor alpha monoclonal antibody he described as a “next-generation DUPIXENT,” during a presentation at the Leerink Partners ...

Extracting lung function measurements from electronic health record (EHR) data through an automated tool, such as Microsoft SQL Server’s full-text search feature, may be efficient and improve the ...

COPD Severity and Life Expectancy Doctors use a classification system called the Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (or GOLD) system to determine how severe your COPD is. It's based on how ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors associated with FEV1 included baseline fractional exhaled nitric oxide, response to a characterizing ...

To determine whether office spirometry (pre- and post-BD FEV1 measurement by the GP with handheld spirometer) contributes to diagnosing obstructive airways disease in subjects with unexplained airway ...

The guideline-recommended FEV1:FVC value of less than 0.70 is the optimal cutoff for the diagnosis of clinically significant chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers say. The study, ...

"Physicians should feel more confident in following the recent guideline recommendations both to use race-neutral reference equations and to use z scores for assessing severity…Together, these changes ...

Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) was associated with the development of airway obstruction over 10 years of follow-up, independent of smoking habits, with comparable odds for disease ...

Spirometry test There is significant disparity in the ratios for postbronchodilator FEV1/FEV6 and FEV1/FVC %, and this disparity is very pronounced in women. Disclosure: One study author declared ...