Comparison of a new desktop spirometer (Spirospec) with a laboratory spirometer in a respiratory out-patient clinic

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 591-595

  Swart, François ^a   Schuurmans, Macé M ^a   Heydenreich, Johannes C ^a   Pieper, Clarissa H ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Masterlab; PFT; Pulmonary function testing; Spirometry; Spirospec

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SPIROMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; BREATHING DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0642313918     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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