Spirometry is a standard test doctors use to determine how well your lungs function. A score that measures airflow into and out of your lungs can help diagnose COPD and determine the best treatments.
We assessed the technical quality of primary care spirometry according to ATS/ERS 2019 standards and evaluated inter-expert agreement on application of these standards. Methods Two hundred consecutive ...
To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function. They usually also perform other tests to monitor the damage to your lungs.
If a threshold of 10% risk of COPD was used to make spirometry referrals, the addition of the polygenic risk score correctly reclassified 13.8% of COPD cases in one of the cohorts ...