World Lung Cancer Day 2025: Tests that can help check the functioning of lungs Lung function tests play a major role in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic ...

In an ideal world, every primary care setting features lung function tests and multiple imaging capabilities on site, and cost and insurance reimbursement are not limitations.

The BeLPT has high specificity for identifying chronic beryllium disease but poor sensitivity in distinguishing it from sarcoidosis.

Widely used lung function tests often fail to detect lung disease in Black patients, according to research—and experts are calling for new methods of testing.

You can test yourself at home to get a better understanding of your COPD symptoms, but a doctor is needed for a diagnosis and treatment.

The VA is studying how removing race from widely used spirometry tests that measure lung function may affect disability benefits for veterans.

Following the course of lung function in treatment-naïve patients, researchers found that lung function decline does not accelerate prior to mechanical ventilation.