spirometry

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spi·rom·e·ter

(spī-rŏm′ĭ-tər)

An instrument for measuring the volume of air entering and leaving the lungs.

spi′ro·met′ric (-rə-mĕt′rĭk) adj.

spi·rom′e·try n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

spirometry

the measurement of the breathing capacity of the lungs. — spirometer, n.

spi·rom·e·try

n. espirometría, medida de la capacidad respiratoria tomada por medio de un espirómetro.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

spirometry

n espirometría; incentive — espirometría incentivada

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Lack of access to appropriate surveillance tools such as spirometry poses a major barrier to diagnosis and appropriate treatment in patients with chronic respiratory ailments such as COPD and asthma in poorly resourced countries.

The utility of hand-held mobile spirometer technology in a resource-constrained setting

(5-7) The reasons for diagnostic error in COPD and asthma are multifactorial, stemming from insufficient knowledge of clinical practice guidelines and underutilization of spirometry testing.

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Spirometry is one of the simple, easily, readily available, and cheap methods using simple equipments for analyzing the pulmonary function.

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Objectives: To establish age-specific normative spirometry reference range along with regression equation for children and adolescents.

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For one thing, the new classification system, which became known as GOLD 2017, uncoupled spirometry results from the ABCD treatment algorithm.

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Lung function tests are essential for the diagnosis and management of different respiratory tract diseases; among them the spirometry is the gold standard technique.

Collating Spirometry reference values in Asian children and Adolescents; puzzle out the reasons for variations

[7] So assessment of pulmonary function by spirometry in patients suffering from hypothyroidism is of great importance.

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The objective of the study was to determine the pattern of spirometry findings in subjects presenting with dyspnea in Bannu, KP, Pakistan.

SPIROMETRY FINDINGS IN SUBJECTS PRESENTING WITH DYSPNEA IN BANNU DISTRICT, PAKISTAN

Spirometry is a pulmonary function test indicated for the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory diseases, widely used in scientific research and public health [8,9].

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Findings also show that just half (54.3%) of patients diagnosed within the past two years had a record of any spirometry test with a result consistent of COPD.