Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Temple Health test labs are helping people breathe ...

Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which ...

Pulmonary Function Tests, which sometimes includes measurement of the arterial blood gases (blood sample taken from one artery for measurement of oxygen levels) ...

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.

In patients with long COVID, lower pulmonary gas exchange may be associated with impaired cognitive function, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the ...

The pulmonary function test (PFT) alone may be inadequate for predicting work-related exercise capacity in patients who file workers' compensation claims for respiratory limitation and compensation.

You can test yourself at home to get a better understanding of your COPD symptoms, but a doctor is needed for a diagnosis and treatment.

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension. This is caused by a pro-inflammatory state secondary to unresolved clot that results in pulmonary vessel ...