[Pulmonary function tests].
The spirometry has been most valuable pulmonary function test and it defines pulmonary physiology. But the spirometry has not been widely used by general physicians in Japan. The spirometry is effort-dependent test, so, they seem to keep it at a distance. It's desirable that pulmonary function tests are effort-independent. We introduce some effort-independent pulmonary function tests and refer to analysis of exhaled breath condensate.
Kawamoto
Hitoshi
H
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima 734-8554.
Kambe
Masayuki
M
D006801:Humans; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D013147:Spirometry