Quality of spirometry in the elderly.

CONCLUSIONS: The most common error was the lack of a plateau at the end of exhalation. Therefore, paying particular attention to the final phase of exhalation during spirometry should, as a result, increase the percentage of correctly performed spirometric tests in the elderly.
PMID: 24142780 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - October 25, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Czajkowska-Malinowska M, Tomalak W, Radliński J Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research