Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

What Are Pulmonary Function Tests? To diagnose asthma, your doctor will review your symptoms, your medical and family history, and may do lung function tests (also called pulmonary function tests).

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with worse lung function and more rapid decline in lung function over time in smokers, suggesting that vitamin D may have a protective effect against the effects of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chronic bronchial infection by any pathogenic microorganism, and particularly with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was ...

The patient was able to stay alive without the presence of any lungs for 48 hours before receiving a double transplant.

Many infants recovering from acute lung disease and pulmonary hypertension still have evidence of reactive airways disease at one year of age, suggesting longer-term airway effects. We hypothesized ...

Surgeons report a case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for 48 hours after both lungs were removed, allowing time for a transplant.

What a new large study reveals about respiratory function over time – How to check your lungs yourself at home ...