THERE has long been a need for a simple objective criterion to indicate when use of a respirator should be started during the acute illness of poliomyelitis and to guide the weaning of patients with ...

Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how ...

Changes Clinical Practice: The results of the current study suggest that techniques for active and/or passive lung insufflation should be incorporated in the regular management of patients with muscle ...

Rate of decline on a single test of respiratory function predicted how quickly respiratory failure would occur in ALS patients, and how long they would survive. In the November 27 JAMA Neurology, ...

For many years now, doctors and other health personnel in Norway and several other European countries have surveyed people’s lung capacity. They have surveyed a total of almost a quarter of a million ...

A study tested 38 children with SMA who took part in an eight-week breathing exercise program, with some also engaging their ...