A home-based pulmonary function monitor for cystic fibrosis.
As care for the chronically ill makes increasing demands upon our medical system, cost-effective methods for addressing those demands are being sought. The use of self-monitoring coupled with telecommunication of results to the health-care provider can be expected to provide a partial solution in the appropriate clinical setting. An electronic spirometer with telecommunication ability for use by cystic fibrosis patients in the home has been developed.
Shultz
E K
EK
Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756.
Finkelstein
S M
SM
Budd
J R
JR
Moore
A
A
Warwick
W J
WJ
D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D002138:Calibration; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012985:Software Design; D013147:Spirometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface