| NOMENCLATURE |
COMPUTER, PULMOMETRY. AN ELECTRONIC ITEM DESIGNED TO DETERMINE
PULMONARY FUNCTION PARAMETERS. GENERALLY THEPATIENT PERFORMS A SINGLE
EXPIRATION INTO A SPIROMETER, WHICH GENERATES SIMULTANEOUS INDEPENDENT
ELECTRICAL FLOW AND VOLUME SIGNALS. THE OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM THE
SPIROMETER ARE PROCESSED BY THE COMPUTER WHICH COMPUTES AND STORES
PARAMETERS, SUCH AS PEAK FLOW, VITAL CAPACITY, FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME
AT TIME A, FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME AT TIME B, ETC. MA Y BE WITH OR
WITHOUT RECORDER (PRINTER).
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