Quality improvement, standardisation of spirometry testing, and interpretation of results are critically important in the occupational setting. Every day we encounter several workers who are referred ...
A new category of spirometers, office spirometers, should be available for use in the primary-care setting. Each new model must successfully pass a validation study (see Appendix 1). The FEV 1 percent ...
Spirometry is widely used to diagnose and monitor respiratory diseases, but requires specific skills and knowledge. A national register is being created which will feature all appropriately trained ...
Collecting spirometry data remotely is done with a combination of a Bluetooth-enabled, handheld spirometer and an accompanying smartphone app that enables data collection and streaming of test results ...
In 2008, as part of the changes to develop integrated health care services in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, the local health board in collaboration with general practitioners, respiratory ...
An inaccurate spirometer is worse than useless. But having an accurate one is not a matter of belief or faith; it is a matter of proof. Furthermore, this must be documented proof. Without a documented ...
Exclusive GPs and practice nurses will have to undergo specialist training in order to continue using spirometry in their practices, under new rules being developed for NHS England to improve the ...
Two-thirds of GP partners and over three-quarters of salaried GPs have not obtained the spirometry certification and are either unsure about getting it, or have decided not to, according to new ...
The NLHEP recommends the widespread use of spirometry by PCPs for detecting COPD in adult smokers and describes a new type of spirometer for this purpose: the office spirometer. The value of ...
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