Up to 50% of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have cognitive impairment, most commonly fronto-temporal dysfunction. Some patients seem to have reversible dysfunction in addition to ...

In the reports on vital capacity in the literature, instructions to the patients were not described in detail. In our experience variations in the results of serial determinations were traced in many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low FEV 1 /slow vital capacity in current and former smokers with normal spirometry may aid in the ...

ALTHOUGH various observers had made attempts to measure the respiratory capacity of the human body, the real pioneer work in spirometry was done about eighty years ago by John Hutchinson. Hutchinson ...

Your child’s vital signs can give you important health clues. Many things can affect the numbers. But if they’re outside the normal range, it could be a sign of possible health issues. Note that ...

For U.S. patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), nerandomilast slows the decline in forced vital capacity (FVC), according to a study presented at CHEST 2025, the annual meeting of the ...

Background Pulmonary function testing provides important insight regarding health; the vital capacity (VC) is so named because of its association with survival and longevity. Interpretation of ...

Evidence-based recommendations on nintedanib (Ofev) for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults when forced vital capacity is above 80% predicted. This technology appraisal is for treating ...

Dose-ranging trial evaluated deupirfenidone 550 mg three times a day (TID) (approximately equivalent exposure to pirfenidone 801 mg TID 1) and deupirfenidone 825 mg TID and successfully demonstrated ...

Deupirfenidone 825 mg TID showed an 80.9% reduction in lung function decline rate at 26 weeks vs. placebo in IPF patients. Both deupirfenidone doses were well-tolerated, with similar GI-related ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Miners disabled from black lung disease (coal workers' pneumoconiosis, CWP) are entitled to disability benefits under United States federal ...