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  2. Incentive spirometer - Wikipedia

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    An incentive spirometer is a handheld medical device used to help patients improve the functioning of their lungs. By training patients to take slow and deep breaths, this simplified spirometer facilitates lung expansion and strengthening. Patients inhale through a mouthpiece, which causes a piston inside the device to rise.

  3. Spirometry - Wikipedia

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    Device for spirometry. The patient places his or her lips around the blue mouthpiece. The teeth go between the nubs and the shield, and the lips go over the shield. A nose clip guarantees that breath will flow only through the mouth. Screen for spirometry readouts at right. The chamber can also be used for body plethysmography.

  4. Spirometer - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, the European Community for Coal and Steel (ECCS) first recommended guidelines for spirometry. [7] The organization then published predicted values for parameters such as spirometric indices, residual volume, total lung capacity, and functional residual capacity in 1971. [8]

  5. Pulmonary function testing - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary function testing (PFT) is a complete evaluation of the respiratory system including patient history, physical examinations, and tests of pulmonary function. The primary purpose of pulmonary function testing is to identify the severity of pulmonary impairment. [1]

  6. Kelly Osbourne Uses Breathing Device in Video Revealing ...

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    Kelly Osbourne is "sick again" and unfortunately, the TV personality was forced to use a device to help with her breathing while dealing with a respiratory issue.. As revealed in new photos shared ...

  7. Patient education - Wikipedia

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    Patient education is a planned interactive learning process designed to support and enable expert patients [1] to manage their life with a disease and/or optimise their health and well-being. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  8. Vital capacity - Wikipedia

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    Output of a spirometer. Vital capacity (VC) is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation.It is equal to the sum of inspiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, and expiratory reserve volume.

  9. Post bronchodilator test - Wikipedia

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    The patient will be asked to take a deep breath and then blow into the mouthpiece of the spirometer as hard as you can. This is a baseline measurement. A dose of bronchodilator medication is administered by means of inhaler or nebulizer (such as 400mcg of salbutamol (also known as albuterol)).