Accuracy and precision of desktop spirometers in general practices

Respiration

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 344-352

  Schermer, Tjard R J ^a,c   Verweij, Eddy H A ^a   Cretier, Riet ^a   Pellegrino, Annelies ^a   Crockett, Alan J ^c,d   Poels, Patrick J P ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b General Practice Bles en Poels ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Diagnosis; Equipment evaluation; General practice; Precision; Safety; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMOTACHOGRAPH; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETER; WAVEFORM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84859158654     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334320     Document Type: Article

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