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.

Therapeutic strategies fall into 2 categories: intervention, defined as measures to stop acute symptoms, and maintenance, defined as measures to prevent symptoms from occurring. All patients require ...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was first described in 1967 as a syndrome of chronic lung disease in prematurely born infants who had been treated for respiratory distress syndrome with supplemental ...