title: [Evaluation of a portable device for measuring maximal inspiratory pressure (Pimax)].
abstract: Pimax measurement is useful for quantifying the fatigue of the respiratory muscles (the "respiratory pump" of the mechanics of respiration), for controlling the therapeutic effect of artificial respiration performed at home, and assessment of the possibility of relieving a patient from artificial respiration. So far, such measurement had required complicated set-ups. A portable alternative is now available for Pimax measurement (MPM, distributed by Medanz, Starnberg, Germany). In a prospective study we compared the Pimax values measured via the mouth pressure measuring instrument under test, with the standard laboratory method. Statistical comparison of the measured data yielded a high degree of correlation (r = 0.97) with slight scatter of the individual data around the identity line. The portable instrument tested in this manner thus represents a mobile method yielding reliable Pimax values both on an inpatient and an outpatient basis.
authors.affiliation: Krankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Allergologie, Schmallenberg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schönhofer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klauke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenblüh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Voshaar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Köhler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007320:Inspiratory Capacity / Q000502:physiology*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Wertigkeit eines transportablen Geräts zur Messung des maximalen Inspirationsdrucks (Pimax).