The NLHEP recommends the widespread use of spirometry by PCPs for detecting COPD in adult smokers and describes a new type of spirometer for this purpose: the office spirometer. The value of ...

Accuracy and reliability of primary care spirometry depends on skills and training in both performing the test and interpreting results. “Having a dedicated member of a practice – for example, a ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ERT, the global leader in data collection for clinical endpoints, today announced the launch of ERT iSpiro Virtual Visits, which enables real-time coaching ...

PHOENIX -- Experts in lung diseases debated at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology here whether at-home spirometry tests and devices, which are now available ...

Spirometry module enhancements improve the clinician’s ability to comply with the latest guidelines of the American Thoracic Society SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Welch Allyn, a leading ...

Spirometry results in children were different after switching to race-neutral reference equations -- with the potential to change how chronic lung diseases that are more prevalent in underrepresented ...

CQC inspectors are to start checking whether GPs and nurses are certified to carry out spirometry as part of routine inspections of practices’ competency, it has emerged. New advice from the CQC on ...

GPs do not need to undertake new NHS England training requirements to perform spirometry in their practices, according to the BMA’s GP Committee. A statement from the GPC has clarified that despite ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ERT, the global leader in data collection for clinical endpoints, today announced the launch of ERT iSpiro Virtual Visits, which enables real-time coaching ...