The African Alliance for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (AFRICALLI) is marking World Allergy Week 2026 with a clear pan-African ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension induces structural and functional damage in multiple organs. Evidence of subclinical damage ...

Abstract: Forced spirometry testing is gradually becoming available across different healthcare tiers including primary care. It has been demonstrated in earlier work that commercially available ...

Due to the pandemic, concerns about viral transmission by aerosols and droplets mean that many respiratory diagnostic services are being cancelled or delayed.1 There is an urgent need to restart these ...

Introduction Spirometry is a point-of-care lung function test that helps support the diagnosis and monitoring of chronic lung disease. The quality and interpretation accuracy of spirometry is variable ...

Sanja Jelic, MD, is board-certified in sleep medicine, critical care medicine, pulmonary disease, and internal medicine. Forced vital capacity (FVC) measures how much air you can forcefully exhale ...

Copyright: © 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This multisite, observational, cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study was an ancillary study of the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is steadily transforming multiple sectors, and healthcare is among the biggest beneficiaries. AI-powered tools are now being developed to assist in quick diagnosis, and a ...

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs), also called lung function tests, are some of the most important, but least understood, tools healthcare providers use to evaluate lung health. Though many people have ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is assessing the use of AI-supported technologies to interpret spirometry results, aiming to improve the diagnosis of asthma and chronic ...