Researchers review pulmonary function testing measures that span 4 categories that can assess the respiratory muscle dysfunction that happens in diseases like spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Muscle ...

The number of rehabilitation sessions a patient underwent (12, 24, or 36) was linked to their Post COVID Functional Status score, days on IMV, and 6MWT distance. A supervised pulmonary rehabilitation ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

Relationship of Strength of the Supporting Evidence to the Balance of Benefits to Risks and Burdens* Strength of Evidence Balance of Benefits to Risks and Burdens *OP = outpatient; ADL = activities of ...

The Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department provides outpatient services to patients recovering from heart and lung diseases. Our services include supervised exercise sessions, education, and ...

A repurposed drug reduced exertional desaturation and dyspnea by 62% and 27%, respectively, in patients with Covid-19 pulmonary sequelae, according to a recent Phase 3 study. In patients with ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Russell Winwood's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis in 2011 was a brutal wake-up call. His second in less than a decade. The Brisbane native, who came to be known as the “COPD ...

Researchers from the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, studied the effects of yoga as a form of pulmonary ...