BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inspired and expired lung volumes measured by spirometry
are useful for detecting, characterising and quantifying the severity of lung disease. …

BACKGROUND ⇓ In preparing the joint statements on lung function testing for the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), it was agreed by the …

Excessive airway obstruction is the cause of symptoms and abnormal lung function in asthma.
As airway smooth muscle (ASM) is the effecter controlling airway calibre, it is suspected …

… Crapo and R. Jensen: LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; P. Enright: 4460 E Ina Rd,
Tucson, AZ, USA; CPM van der Grinten: University Hospital of Maastrict, Maastricht, the …

BACKGROUND This section is written to provide guidance in interpreting pulmonary function
tests (PFTs) to medical directors of hospital-based laboratories that perform PFTs, and …

BACKGROUND This joint statement is based on the previous statements from the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and much of the …

Recent anecdotal and scientific reports have provided evidence of a link between COVID-19
and chemosensory impairments, such as anosmia. However, these reports have …

Background Increased oxidative stress is important in the pathogenesis of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We postulated that treatment with the antioxidant N-…

Therapeutic trials in muscular dystrophy have often been inconclusive. A protocol has been
designed which selects patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and permits accurate …

Mouse chromosome 10 harbors several loci associated with hearing loss, including waltzer (v),
modifier-of deaf waddler (mdfw) and Age-related hearing loss 1 (Ahl). The human region …