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What is Spirometer?

A spirometer is an apparatus for measuring the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It records the amount of air and the rate of air that is breathed in and out over a specified time on a graph from which vital capacity, tidal volume, breathing rate and ventilation rate are calculated.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Lung Transplant 2 0
General health 1 0
Other 1 0
Wheezing 1 0
Arthroscopic knee surgery 1 0
double lung transplant 1 0

See all 6 patients currently using Spirometer

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Spirometer

Hospitalization 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped using Spirometer

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Spirometer

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Report created on May 26, 2012.