Stephen Biehl

Reading Time: 4 minutes New research is looking into benefits to COPD patients who take ARBs, specifically Losartan.

Reading Time: 3 minutes To diagnose COPD, a person must perform spirometry. When looking at data from the VA only 56% of patients diagnosed with COPD in the hospital had ever shown evidence of obstruction on spirometry.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, due to the forced nature of FVC, patients with obstructive lung disease can be under-diagnosed. But what if there was a better way?

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the main problems with asthma, is the overreliance of asthmatic patients using albuterol for symptom relief, which has been confounded by the lack of compliance with maintenance medication use.

Reading Time: 3 minutes As the cases of COVID-19 continue to increase, the long term effects are still emerging. One interesting aspect of this will be what impact it has on the long term effects of the lungs.

Reading Time: 5 minutes The question you have to answer is, do you perform plethysmography (body box), Nitrogen washout, or Helium dilution?

Reading Time: 3 minutes The use of noninvasive ventilation continues to be of service for patients. While there are several different modes to choose from, one that continues to be on the rise is average volume assured pressured support ventilation.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Nebulized TXA can be the go to tool for hemoptysis

Reading Time: 3 minutes With the spike in cases of e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) during 2019, much still remains to be seen in long-term studies. One of the results of EVALI studies that seems to remain unknown is if improvement in diffusion capacity (DLCO) will occur.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Learn the basics of spirometry from our expert Respiratory Therapists in our first post of the RT Series!