Pulmonary function testing serves 2 important clinical goals: (1) categorizing the physiologic impairment from lung disease (ie, obstructive, restrictive, etc) and (2) quantifying the degree of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Pulmonary function testing may be routine, but it still comes with challenges, Nicole Soucy, PA-C, said at the Association of PAs in Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 16th annual ...

Testing for Pulmonary Issues as a Primary Care Physician: What to Know Damian McNamara, MA May 02, 2025 0 ...

Pulmonary diagnostic tests are a series of tests which evaluate how well the lungs are performing. These tests may be performed to help diagnose disease, monitor disease progression or therapeutic ...

To diagnose asthma or other lung problems, your doctor may perform lung function or pulmonary function tests. WebMD explains spirometry, the methacholine challenge test, and other exams to check ...

These tests of pulmonary function can be repetitively and routinely accomplished and the results appear to be highly reproducible. Although some are quite sophisticated, many can be undertaken with ...

Full pulmonary function tests contribute useful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with vaping-related lung injury, according to a speaker at the American Thoracic Society ...

Some 12 years ago now—it’s been 12 years that we’ve been working on this—the COPD Foundation co-sponsored a workshop with the NHLBI [National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute] on case ...