A simple office spirometer for the pediatrician.
A comparative study of a new, simple, pneumatic, direct-recording office spirometer versus a long-accepted, water-sealed, water-filled spirometer was performed on 103 patients ranging from four to 20 years of age. Good correlation between the two spirometers was seen through a wide range of values for forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced expiratory flow during 25% to 75% of forced vital capacity and FEV1/FVC.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005540:Forced Expiratory Flow Rates; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013147:Spirometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D013696:Temperature; D014797:Vital Capacity