What is desktop spirometer?
The AstraTouch™ Desktop Spirometer provides easy navigation when performing comprehensive spirometry testing. Its multifunctional capabilities provide a means of making a diagnostic decision from the screen data, from its resident printer or off-line report writers.
What is a digital spirometer?
The Digital Spirometer is a PC-based with oximetry option enabling specialists to assess respiratory pathologies during a telemedicine visit, and part of the AMD Global Telemedicine family of telehealth products and solutions.
Is a spirometer accurate?
Conclusions: Most of the primary care office spirometers tested were not accurate. The magnitude of the accuracy errors resulted in significant changes in the categorization of patients with obstruction.
Who needs spirometry test?
Children older than age five, and adults of any age, who have asthma-like symptoms should have a spirometry test. The healthcare provider should also do a physical exam and a full medical history. If the test shows that you have asthma, your doctor should prescribe asthma medicine.
What is normal spirometry?
Your result is considered “normal” if your score is 80 percent or more of the predicted value. Spirometry measures two key factors: expiratory forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). Your doctor also looks at these as a combined number known as the FEV1/FVC ratio.
Are home spirometry accurate?
It emphasised how disease behaviour can be used as a tool to facilitate diagnosis where patients can provide accurate and acceptable reading via home spirometry. Of the 6,734 spirometry blows provided by patients with IPF, 53.8% were ‘good’, 18.5% were ‘acceptable’ and 27.7% were ‘bad’.
What is a good spirometer reading?
Your result is considered “normal” if your score is 80 percent or more of the predicted value. Spirometry measures two key factors: expiratory forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1).
Who shouldn’t take a spirometry test?
recently undergone abdominal or thoracic (chest) surgery. a blood clot(s) in their lungs (known as pulmonary emboli) hemoptysis of unknown origin (excessive nose bleeds) an active communicable disease (Tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis B)
What is normal lung age?
Your lungs mature by the time you are about 20-25 years old. After about the age of 35, it is normal for your lung function to decline gradually as you age.
What should my spirometer reading be?
The Measured column represents the total volume exhaled during the first second, in liters. Normal values in healthy males aged 20-60 range from 4.5 to 3.5 liters, and normal values for females aged 20-60 range from 3.25 to 2.5 liters.
Can you have COPD with normal spirometry?
The next important issue in COPD diagnosis is the uncertainty of diagnosis over time, as an individual can be diagnosed with mild COPD at first assessment but have normal spirometry results at follow-up, even without intervention.
Can spirometer be wrong?
Hesitation and or Slow start. Spirometry is a test of maximal effort, therefore, a slight hesitation or a delayed start can affect results, and so is one of the common mistakes when performing Spirometry. A hesitation in blowing out before the initial blast affects most spirometry test results early in the manoeuvre.
What is an easy on PC spirometer?
Easy on-PC For those searching for a fully-integrated PC-driven spirometer, the Easy on-PC is a clinically proven solution. The Easy-on PC leverages our trusted TrueFlow™ technology that delivers unprecedented accuracy and reliable results without needing calibration.
How does the easy on-PC spirometry sensor work?
Powered by EasyOne Connect – NDD’s Integrated Software Platform The Easy on-PC spirometry sensor is directly connected via USB to your workstation where EasyOne Connect software is installed. This software includes all advanced spirometry functionality at no extra charge and fulfills ATS/ERS 2005 and 2019 standards.
Can I use easy on-PC outside the office?
Whether your are in or outside your office, you always get optimal results with Easy on-PC, which is designed for maximum robustness under various conditions. The Easy on-PC spirometry sensor is directly connected via USB to your workstation where the EasyOne Connect software is installed.
How does the easy-on PC work?
The Easy-on PC leverages our trusted TrueFlow™ technology that delivers unprecedented accuracy and reliable results without needing calibration. Real-time graphs and animated incentive screens enhance the user experience, encouraging child and adult patients to help them achieve optimal results. Calibration-free & Quick Spirometry