The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Digital platforms recommended to help people manage their asthma

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

‘Make lung function exciting’: How to deliver a successful spirometry test

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 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lung Foundation calls for urgent action on underdiagnosis and undertreatment of COPD

Bert Wessels takes exactly 22 wobbly steps to his car and leans on the door handle, staring fixedly at the ground while he catches his breath. After around 10 seconds, Bert wrenches the door open and ...
Belfast Live

'We had no idea this debilitating lung disease would kill my dad'

A Northern Ireland woman, who lost her father to a debilitating lung disease seven years ago, says better diagnosis could save many lives. With lung conditions the third biggest killer in Northern ...
PharmiWeb

Revolutionary COPD diagnosis approach rolled out in UK first

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, ...
thorax.bmj

Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme

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 ...
Business Standard

Pollution, smoking, and that cough: It may be time for a lung function test

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 & ...
pulmonologyadvisor

Prebronchodilator Simplified Spirometry Accurate, Efficient for COPD Screening

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 ...
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 ...
Frontiers

Home spirometry telemonitoring in pediatric patients with asthma: a mixed study

1 School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China 2 Department of Pediatrics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Background: To evaluate ...
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 ...
BMJ

Micro-phenomenological approach to explore the patient experience during an initial spirometry examination to diagnose COPD in general practice in France

Objectives To explore the patient experience of a spirometry test used to confirm chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis in patients with suspected smoking-related COPD. Design This is ...