title: A spirometry/interpretation program for hand-held computers.
abstract: The recent introduction of the hand-held computer has provided an important new tool for the medical team. The device is inexpensive, portable, and operator-programmable in BASIC. We describe software for a spirometry program with computer-generated interpretation as an example of numerical calculation and logical decision making.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D013147:Spirometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States