Care Areas
Asthma
According to the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America, every day in America:1
- 40,000 people miss school or work due to asthma;
- 30,000 people have an asthma attack;
- 5,000 people visit the emergency room due to asthma;
- 1,000 people are admitted to the hospital due to asthma;
- 11 people die from asthma;
- 1 out of 4 American will die from asthma and allergies
We are here to help LOWER those numbers.
- 1Physiologic measures: pulmonary function tests. Asthma outcome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994; 149(2 Pt 2):S9-18; discussion S19-20 (ISSN: 1073-449X) Enright PL; Lebowitz MD; Cockroft DW
COPD
The GOLD international COPD guidelines, as well as national guidelines, advise spirometry as the gold standard for accurate and repeatable measurement of lung function. Evidence is emerging that when spirometry confirms a COPD diagnosis, doctors initiate more appropriate treatment. Spirometry is also helpful in making a diagnosis in patients with breathlessness and other respiratory symptoms and for screening in occupational environments.1
- Over 16 million US adults have a diagnosis of COPD
- About 9 million US adults were diagnosed with chronic bronchitis in 2017
- About 3.5 million US adults were diagnosed with emphysema in 2017
- COPD is the cause of over 7 million emergency department visits each year
- COPD is the fourth most common cause of mortality in the US, as well as the fourth leading cause of disability
- 1Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Updated 2007)