New devices: the McDermott spirometer

Teculescu, D.B.; Manicatide, M.A.; Dumitriu, M.; Senchea, A.

Medecine Interne 14(1): 69-80

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0377-1202
PMID: 946697
Document Number: 96776
The assessment of a new bellows spirometer against a water spirograph showed slight alinearity, minimal overestimation of FVC (2.9%) as well as of the ratio FEV1.0 FVC (4.8%). The main advantages of the instrument were: lightness, easy operation, ruggedness and low cost; its greatest use may be in large scale field surveys.

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