Race-neutral equations for assessing lung function appeared to catch more true-abnormal findings for Black patients than did ...

A low FEV1 suggests a breathing obstruction. FEV1 is measured during a spirometry test, also known as a pulmonary function test, which involves forcefully breathing out into a mouthpiece connected ...

Adding two weeks of continuous positive airway pressure for preterm infants in the hospital substantially improves lung ...

while a test with poor specificity will result in healthy persons being told that they have the disease, producing false-positive results. Prevalence rates of low lung function increase with age ...

In all analyses, quintile 5 is the referent. Test of tread is not adjusted for any covariates. § Test of tread is adjusted for covariates listed above. *Data are presented as RR (95% CI ...

It is currently diagnosed using spirometry, a lung function test which measures how much air a patient can breathe in and out and how quickly they can exhale. Appointments, which can last between ...

McEvoy's research team plans to continue to study the children from the randomized trial at OHSU through age 10, with yearly lung function tests to investigate the duration of the benefit of ...