spirometry
The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
Noun
- The measurement of the volume of air that a person can move into and out of the lungs, using a spirometer.
- Spirometry is typically the first PFT^([Pulmonary Function Test]) to be performed in a patient. This is because the indications for performing spirometry are extensive (Table 56-3). The indications are so numerous, in...
- Aerobic metabolism can be measured by direct calorimetry or indirect spirometry. In exercise physiology, open-circuit indirect spirometry, in which expired gases are analyzed for 0₂ consumed and CO₂ produced, are...
- 2012, Q. Ashton Acton, Advances in Respiratory Insufficiency Research and Treatment, 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions (ScholarlyBrief), page 29, A total of 29,817 spirometries were analyzed. Quality grades A-D and F were...
Origin
From spiro- + -metry.
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bronchospirometry ergospirometry microspirometry spirometric spirometrics