The most important goal when performing and interpreting spirometry tests is to minimise misinterpretation rates. The reason for performing spirometry (and all other diagnostic tests) is to inform ...

Spirometry is the only recognized method of definitively diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 1 It also gives patients and physicians a reliable way of tracking the progression of ...

Feeling my spirometry skills were not quite up to scratch, I decided to look for a suitable course at reasonable cost. Rather than go to the companies who make the machines, I felt I needed a broader ...

A detailed guidance statement developed by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's Occupational and Environmental Lung Disorders Committee updates previous ACOEM guidance on ...

Kimberly Bonney of Jackson recently completed two courses in occupational medicine in Pittsburgh, Pa. Bonney, who is employed by Occupational Medical Services, LLC., 60 Doctors' Park in Cape Girardeau ...