Performance comparison of the hand-held microplus portable spirometer and the sensormedics Vmax22 diagnostic spirometer

Respiratory Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1465-1473

  Caras, William E ^a   Winter, Michael G ^a   Dillard, Thomas ^a   Reasor, Tammy ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand held spirometer; MicroPlus; Portable spirometer; SensorMedics; Spirometry; Turbine driven spirometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 6744248655     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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