Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...

A new study published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology found that in-utero exposure to gestational diabetes ...

Severe airflow obstruction was prevalent in children and adults with asthma, especially those who were extremely preterm or small for gestational age.

Roshni Naik, MD, allergist at Mount Sinai Health System, discusses baseline characteristics for a case of severe asthma with nasal polyps: "His physical exam, vitals were normal. On exam, pertinent ...

Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

The value of 0.20 L was suggested in the Brazilian Thoracic Association 2002 Guidelines for Pulmonary Function Testing. 2 In 2019, Saint-Pierre et al. 3 evaluated functional test results of 13,893 ...

Among 8- to 9-year-olds, those with vs. without maternal gestational diabetes mellitus exposure had two reduced measures of ...

The AstraTouch™ Desktop Spirometer provides easy navigation when performing comprehensive spirometry testing. Its multifunctional capabilities provide a means of making a diagnostic decision from the ...

If you have trouble breathing, your doctor may recommend a few tests to figure out what’s causing it. Some measure how much air you breathe in or out or how much oxygen is going from your lungs to the ...

Abstract: Fractional vegetation cover (FVC) is a critical component of ecosystems, global climate change, and the carbon cycle. Several FVC products have been released, the most widely used of which ...

Abstract: Leaf area index (LAI) and fractional vegetation cover (FVC) are two essential vegetation parameters for ecological and climate studies. The Chinese Gaofen-1 (GF-1) wide field view (WFV) ...