Guideline for office spirometry in adults, 2004

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 7 II, 2004, Pages 576-587

  van Schalkwyk, E M ^a,b   Schultz, C ^a   Joubert, J R ^a   White, N W ^a  

^a South African Thoracic Society   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATOR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; LUNG DISEASE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 3543057512     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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