Spirometry with FVL measurement is a vital component of the patient evaluation for respiratory symptoms, and when a properly performed FVL test is abnormal it should prompt a thorough investigation.

Pre- and post-exercise flow-volume loops are often recommended as an easy non-invasive method for diagnosing or excluding exercise-induced laryngeal obstructions in patients with exercise-related ...

A 36-year-old woman with a six-month history of worsening shortness of breath was admitted to hospital for investigation. She had received a diagnosis of bronchial asthma six months earlier, for which ...

An airway obstruction happens when you can't move air in or out of your lungs. It could be because you inhaled something that's blocking your airway. Or it could be caused by disease, allergic ...

Disease of small airways may be common to various chronic obstructive lung diseases. Because R p is normally so small, there may be considerable obstruction in peripheral airways that would affect ...

An airway obstruction is a blockage in any part of the airway. The airway is a complex system of tubes that transmits inhaled air from your nose and mouth into your lungs. An obstruction may partially ...