Global pulmonary function testing market growth is driven by rising prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases, increasing geriatric population, and growing adoption of diagnostic monitoring ...

Among patients with asthma-like symptoms in primary care, testing using home spirometry may be useful for the diagnosis of ...

New NICE draft guidance has recommended the implementation of a digital tool using AI to interpret spirometry tests at GP ...

The eight recommended digital technologies are: Asthmahub, Asthmahub for parents, AsthmaTuner, Digital Health Passport, Luscii, myAsthma, RDMP (Respiratory Disease Management Platform) and Smart ...

Delhi's air pollution continues to damage lung health. A chest surgeon explains why lung tests like spirometry and X-rays are ...

Nurses across primary and community care settings have been urged to consider how to make spirometry more accurate and less daunting for patients, during a recent Nursing in Practice event in ...

A year on from the publication of landmark NICE guidelines on asthma, GP and clinical lead for Asthma + Lung UK Dr Andy Whittamore writes for GPonline about why their implementation is crucial. Asthma ...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust has become the first Trust in the region to introduce a direct pathway for children and young person’s spirometry which is helping to improve the diagnosis and management of ...

UK: 11 November 2025: Patients in the UK will be able to access cutting-edge testing for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - the UK’s sixth biggest killer - as the NHS rolls out faster, ...

Introduction Incorporating spirometry into low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer may help identify people with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), although the downstream ...

That persistent tickly cough you’re brushing off as seasonal or smog-related may be your body’s early warning sign. According to Dr C C Nair, Internal Medicine Specialist at Lilavati Hospital & ...

Prebronchodilator simplified spirometry was more time efficient vs prebronchodilator and postbronchodilator routine spirometry (2.8 minutes vs 6.7 and 32.1 minutes). A simplified spirometry testing ...