Pulmonary function electronic monitoring devices: A randomized agreement study

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1258-1265

  Fonseca, Joao A ^a,c   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^b   Delgado, Luis ^b   Silva, Luis N ^b   Magalhães, Manuel ^b   Castel Branco, M Graca ^a   Vaz, Marianela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Agreement; Asthma; Electronic; Health technology assessment; Peak flowmeter; Pulmonary function; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING;

EID: 24944508068     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1258     Document Type: Article

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