spirometric

spirometer /spi·rom·e·ter/ (spi-rom´ĕ-ter) an instrument for measuring the air taken into and exhaled by the lungs.

spi·rom·e·ter (sp

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

spiro·metric (-r

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spi·rome·try n.

Spirometer

An instrument that is used to test lung capacity. It is used to screen patients with dyspnea.

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spirometer

[spīrom′ətər]

Etymology: Gk, speira + metron, measure

an instrument that measures and records the volume of inhaled and exhaled air, used to assess pulmonary function. Volumetric information is recorded on a chart, called a spirogram. spirometric, adj.

spirometer [spi-rom´ĕ-ter]

an instrument for measuring air inhaled into and exhaled out of the lungs; it provides a simple way of determining most of the lung volumes and capacities that are measured in pulmonary function tests. One type is the water-seal spirometer, which consists of a hollow drum floating over a chamber of water and counterbalanced by weights so that it can move freely up and down. Inside the drum is a mixture of gases, usually oxygen and air. Leading from the hollow space in the drum to the outside is a tube that has a mouthpiece through which the patient breathes. As one inhales and exhales through the tube the drum rises and falls, causing a needle to move on a nearby rotating chart. The tracing recorded on the chart is called a spirogram.

Using a flow spirometer. From Lammon et al., 1995.

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closed-circuit breathing
closed-circuit helium dilution
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pulmonary acid aspiration syndrome
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With substantial practice, however, children and adolescents with Down syndrome are able to achieve reproducible and valid results on spirometric testing (Dichter et al 1993).

Aerobic exercise improves lung function in children with intellectual ... by Khalili, Mohammad A.; Elkins, Mark R. / Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

We used Student's t test to compare the plethysmographic and spirometric measurements.

Acute effect of long-acting bronchodilators on thoracic gas ... by Sen, Elif; Bartu, Sevgi Saryal; Yildiz, Oznur Akkoca; Kose, Kenan / Turkish Thoracic Journal

Specifically the clinician notes the following information when determining the classification of asthma severity: how often the patient experiences symptoms of asthma each day, how frequently the patient awakens during the night because of asthma symptoms, how often the patient requires the use of a short-acting beta-two agonist to control asthma symptoms, the degree to which symptoms of asthma interfere with the patient's activity level, and spirometric data, specifically the FEV1.

Asthma severity and control by Wojciechowski, Bill / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine

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