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 ...

Two years later, he's alive and well.

The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.

A pair of studies presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress 2024 emphasized the importance of close monitoring and proactive treatment approaches for patients with idiopathic (IPF) and ...

What Are Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)? Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are lung tests. They show how well your lungs work. They’re noninvasive, which means that the doctor doesn’t cut you or put ...

The doctors faced a dilemma: The patient’s lungs were fueling the infection, but he was too sick to undergo a transplant ...

Sabari — editor-in-chief of CURE, assistant professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and director of High Reliability Organization Initiatives at Perlmutter Cancer Center — discussed how various ...

Sabari recommends regular activity, such as walking 30 minutes a day several times a week, to help maintain lung strength.

A novel external artificial lung system sustained an adult man for approximately 2 days after his irreversibly diseased lungs ...

Reduced lung function in early infancy has been associated with later obstructive airway diseases. We assessed whether reduced lung function shortly after birth predicts asthma 10 years later. La ...