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Testing your lungs: spirometry

Your healthcare professional will show you how to blow into the spirometer before you begin. You may need to wear a soft clip over your nose to stop air leaking out of your nostrils. Before starting the test, you might be asked to breathe in deeply and out gently into the spirometer. You will then b...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF143
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description Your healthcare professional will show you how to blow into the spirometer before you begin. You may need to wear a soft clip over your nose to stop air leaking out of your nostrils. Before starting the test, you might be asked to breathe in deeply and out gently into the spirometer. You will then be asked to blow at least three times, but usually no more than 10 times, into the spirometer.
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spelling pubmed-61188922018-09-06 Testing your lungs: spirometry Breathe (Sheff) ELF factsheet Your healthcare professional will show you how to blow into the spirometer before you begin. You may need to wear a soft clip over your nose to stop air leaking out of your nostrils. Before starting the test, you might be asked to breathe in deeply and out gently into the spirometer. You will then be asked to blow at least three times, but usually no more than 10 times, into the spirometer. European Respiratory Society 2018-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6118892/ /pubmed/30186530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF143 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.ELF143