CHEST Updates Guideline for Managing Neuromuscular Weakness
The guideline contains 15 evidence-based recommendations, a good practice statement, and an ungraded consensus-based statement.
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Vitalograph Marks 21st Year as Clinical Trials Service Provider
Vitalograph is celebrating 21 years of empowering respiratory research through clinical trials services, with international team members fundraising for local respiratory charities to mark the milestone.
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Peak Expiratory Flow Device Could Help Improve COPD Diagnoses
The global COPD burden could be significantly reduced in low and middle-income countries by assessing patients via questionnaire and peak expiratory flow device, according to an international study published in JAMA.
FDA Clears PulmoScan at-home PFT Device
The US FDA has issued clearance for Cognita Labs’ PulmoScan, the first at-home lung assessment device that measures airway resistance and elastance.
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COVID-19 Does Not Impair Lung Function in Young Adults, Children, Adolescents
COVID-19 infection does not appear to affect the lung function of young adults, children or adolescents, according to two research studies presented at ERS 2021.
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Pulmonary Function Tests Help Determine Spectrum of Lung Injury Due to Vaping
Pulmonary function tests contribute helpful diagnostic information for evaluating patients with vaping-related lung injury.
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2021 Products: Spirometry & PFT
A closer look as some of the latest spirometers and pulmonary function testing (PFT) diagnostic devices on the market from CosMed USA, FutureMed, Hans Rudolph, MGC Diagnostics, Micro Direct, Morgan Scientific, ndd Medical, Vacumed, and Vitalograph.
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MGC Giving Away 20 Signed Copies of Ruppel’s Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing
MGC Diagnostics is giving away 20 signed copies of Ruppel’s Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing (11th edition), signed by authors Gregg Ruppel and Carl Mottram.
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A New Way to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Using Oligonucleotides
A new cystic fibrosis treatment involves nucleic acid molecules called oligonucleotides that can correct gene defects related to CF.
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Study: The Socioeconomic Disparities in Pulmonary Health
A report in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals the socioeconomic disparities in pulmonary disease, respiratory symptoms and lung function.
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NIH/NHLBI Funding Home Spirometer Used for Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A startup company developing a video game-based pulmonary rehab device adapted its product into a home spirometer during the COVID-19 pandemic with the support of NIH/NHLBI funding.
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Black Patients Undiagnosed, Under-diagnosed Due to ‘Race Correction’ in PFT
The removal of race correction in PFT results led to an increase in the percentage of patients with any pulmonary defect from 59.5% to 81.7%, a significant difference of 20.8%.
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Vitalograph Launches New Spirometer, PFT Software in United States
Vitalograph has released a new generation Pneumotrac spirometer in the United States, along with its upgraded Spirotrac 6 Software.
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A Case of COVID-19 Transmission Via Organ Transplant Documented In Michigan
A woman in Michigan contracted COVID-19 and died after receiving an infected double-lung transplant from a donor, according to multiple news reports.
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Diagnosing and Managing Asthma
Objective tools that are useful in making a diagnosis and in management of asthma include spirometry and Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO). However, there are complications and challenges in obtaining patient data with the changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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