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Office Spirometry for Lung Health Assessment in Adults: A Consensus Statement From the National Lung Health Education Program

A new category of spirometers, office spirometers, should be available for use in the primary-care setting. Each new model must successfully pass a validation study (see Appendix 1). The FEV 1 percent ...
Nature

Respiratory inductance plethysmography calibration for pediatric upper airway obstruction: an animal model

We sought to determine optimal methods of respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) flow calibration for application to pediatric postextubation upper airway obstruction. Isovolume calibrated RIP ...
Nature

Quality of spirometry tests and pulmonary function changes among industrial company workers in Iran: a two-year before-and-after study following an intensive training intervention

Quality improvement, standardisation of spirometry testing, and interpretation of results are critically important in the occupational setting. Every day we encounter several workers who are referred ...
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Office Spirometry for Lung Health Assessment in Adults: A Consensus Statement From the National Lung Health Education Program

The NLHEP recommends the widespread use of spirometry by PCPs for detecting COPD in adult smokers and describes a new type of spirometer for this purpose: the office spirometer. The value of ...