| NOMENCLATURE |
PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING APPARATUS. ITEM MAY BE MODULAR OR
SELF-CONTAINED, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EARLY INDICATION OF DETERIORATION
IN THE PULMONARY STATUS OF THE PATIENT BY MAKING BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL
GAS AND VOLUME MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATING RESPIRATORY, METABOLIC, AND
VENTILATORY VARIABLES. ITEM MAY CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR ONE PARTICULAR
PATIENT OR SEQUENTIALLY MONITOR UP TO 16 PATIENTS. GENERALLY CONSISTS
OF- GAS ANALYZERS, SPIROMETER, PULMOMETRY CO MPUTER, OXYGEN FLOWMETER,
RECORDER, AND MAY HAVE PROVISIONS FOR EXTERNAL OXYGEN SUPPLY. MAY BE
FLOOR, MOBILE, OR TABLE MOUNTED.
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