Airway diseases
Pulmonary vascular diseases
Sleep and breathing disorders
SW1 Skills workshop
Clinical interpretation of spirometry results
Clinical
Aims : To describe methods used to interpret the results of spirometry tests; to evaluate patterns in flow volume and volume time curves that can differentiate among poor techniques, technical errors and abnormal spirometry results; and to distinguish between normal and abnormal spirometry results by comparing measured values with reference values.
Target audience :
Adult pulmonologist/Clinician, Nurse, General practitioner
Chairs
B. Cooper
Edgbaston (Birmingham)
(United Kingdom)
08:30
Introduction
B. Cooper(Edgbaston (Birmingham), United Kingdom)
COI
A. McGowan(Dublin 15, Ireland)
COI
1
08:45
Recognising technically poor traces and measurement errors
A. Drews(Grimma, Germany)
COI
J. Lloyd(Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
COI
E. Arismendi(Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain)
COI
J. Kivastik(Tartu, Estonia)
COI
2
09:05
Audience discussion
3
09:15
Deciding on which reference values to use and how to calculate them
A. Drews(Grimma, Germany)
COI
J. Lloyd(Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
COI
E. Arismendi(Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain)
COI
J. Kivastik(Tartu, Estonia)
COI
4
09:40
Audience discussion
5
10:05
Overview of F-V/V-T traces and the range of abnormal shapes
A. Drews(Grimma, Germany)
COI
J. Lloyd(Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
COI
E. Arismendi(Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain)
COI
J. Kivastik(Tartu, Estonia)
COI
7
10:25
Audience discussion
8
10:35
Describing the severity of an abnormality
A. Drews(Grimma, Germany)
COI
J. Lloyd(Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
COI
E. Arismendi(Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain)
COI
J. Kivastik(Tartu, Estonia)
COI
9
11:10
Audience discussion
10
11:20
Writing a spirometry report
A. Drews(Grimma, Germany)
COI
J. Lloyd(Birmingham (West Midlands), United Kingdom)
COI
E. Arismendi(Vilassar de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain)
COI
J. Kivastik(Tartu, Estonia)
COI
11
11:45
Audience discussion
12
11:55
Explanation of the post-course assessment
B. Cooper(Edgbaston (Birmingham), United Kingdom)
COI
13
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