title: Portable maximum respiratory pressure measurement--a comparison with laboratory techniques.
abstract: We have evaluated a new, hand-held, electronic device to measure maximal respiratory pressures, and compared its performance in normal subjects against two pre-existing methods. This new device produces accurate, reproducible results and has the advantages of easy use and portability, which allow it to be used at the patient's bedside, outpatient clinic or pulmonary function laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Liverpool Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Clague
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Calverley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004581:Electronics / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014160:Transducers, Pressure / Q000592:standards