A handful of entrepreneurs have developed ways for smartphones to use data from spirometers to allow patients with respiratory problems, particularly for asthma, to track lung capacity and, in some ...
The Incentive Spirometer (IS) encourages deep breaths to improve lung volume and prevent respiratory complications, but its cost limits some populations. The low-cost "modified Pachon Incentive ...
This is a multicentre, open-label, randomized clinical trial. Study subjects are active smokers older than 40 years of age with a more than 10 pack-year history who have not been diagnosed with COPD, ...
This was an investigator-initiated, single-centre, single-arm, observational, prospective cohort study. It adhered to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, NuvoAir Medical announced its innovative Air Next Spirometer has received formal 510(k) clearance for in-home use as a full spirometer. 510(k) approval empowers NuvoAir ...
Recent studies show that many patients are being treated for COPD without confirmatory spirometry. In-office testing is easy and available. A recent study showed that only 32% of patients admitted to ...