Reproducibility and validity of a handheld spirometer

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Barr, R Graham ^a,e   Stemple, Kimberly J ^b,d   Mesia Vela, Sonia ^a   Basner, Robert C ^a   Derk, Susan J ^b   Henneberger, Paul K ^b   Milton, Donald K ^c   Taveras, Brenda ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

Author keywords

FEV 1; Forced expiratory volume; Forced vital capacity; FVC; Spirometer; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERATOR; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; VALIDITY; WAVEFORM; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPIROMETRY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 48049103282     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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