BACKGROUND Provision of spirometry for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a new requirement in primary care. Effective spirometry requires that tests and interpretations meet international criteria. AIM To assess the feasibility and usefulness of remote specialist reporting of primary care spirometry. DESIGN OF STUDY Comparison of reporting by primary care clinicians and respir...

background & aims of the study: petrochemical industry is an important industry in the economic development of the country that causes employees have exposure with several kinds of contamination. the aim of this study was semi-quantitative assessment of the health risk of occupational exposure to chemical materials and investigation of spirometry indices between employees of petrochemical indus...

Spirometry should be performed to diagnose ventilatory changes and measure their severity in patients with signs symptoms. The objective was develop a booklet guide users on spirometry. This is methodological study that carried out the pulmonary function laboratory of Walter Cantídio hospital, located Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil, after institutional consent. Ten spirometry exam, who were present at ...

BACKGROUND Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is defined by post-bronchodilator spirometry. Data on "normal values" come predominantly from pre-bronchodilator spirometry. The effects of this on diagnosis are unknown. METHODS Lower limits of normal (LLN) were estimated from "normal" participants in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) programme. Values separately derived usi...

Despite the diverse nature of chronic respiratory diseases, their clinical expression is rather limited in symptoms, so their manifestation may be overlapping. For this reason, the differential diagnosis of chronic lung disease requires additional tests that help the clinician to differentiate some diseases from others. Among these complementary studies, chest radiology (as an anatomical study)...

BACKGROUND Many healthcare professionals performing spirometry in primary care have had less than half a day's training in spirometry practice, and the validity of the test results is questionable. Longer training periods, with or without follow-up training, may improve test validity. OBJECTIVE To determine if a 14-hour spirometry training course provides sufficient skill to produce valid res...