Gas compression artefacts when testing peak expiratory flow meters with mechanically-driven syringes

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 901-904

  Navajas, D ^a,b   Roca, J ^a   Farre R ^a   Rotger, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mechanical syringe; Peak flow meter; Standard spirometer waveforms; Standardization of spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; SYRINGES;

EID: 0030933121     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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