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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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   Spirometry (meaning the measuring of breath) is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs). It measures lung function, specifically the amount (volume) and/or speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled.

4. Intermittent positive pressure breathing - Wikipedia

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   Most contraindications are relative, such as nausea, hemodynamic instability, [5] tracheal fistula, singulation and hemoptysis. [6] Untreated tension pneumothorax is an absolute contraindication.

5. Category:Respiratory therapy - Wikipedia

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   Incentive spirometer; Inhaler; ... Spirometer report print.jpg 481 × 673; 140 KB This page was last edited on 31 October 2020, at 22:37 (UTC). ...

6. Spirometer - Wikipedia

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   A spirometer is the main piece of equipment used for basic Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs). Lung diseases such as asthma , bronchitis , and emphysema may be ruled out from the tests. In addition, a spirometer often is used for finding the cause of shortness of breath, assessing the effect of contaminants on lung function, the effect of ...

7. 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. It is approximately equal to Forced Vital Capacity (FVC). [1] [2]

8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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   The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

9. Pleurisy - Wikipedia

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   Incentive spirometry may be recommended to encourage larger breaths. [7] About one million people are affected in the United States each year. [7] Descriptions of the condition date from at least as early as 400 BC by Hippocrates. [8]