Spirometry. If you are over 40 years of age, if you are now, or have been a smoker, then this is an important test to measure lung function for detection of early stages of lung disease. - Importance of screening for early detection of disease before you have symptoms. By Debbie Coutts, RRT, The Credit Valley Hospital
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What is shown is actually a spirometry test. Peak flow measures how fast you can blow out in a single breath. Spirometry measures both how fast you can breathe out and how much (ie the volume of air) you can breathe out. If you take a deep breath and blow hard and fast but don’t completely empty your lungs then you are doing a peak flow measurement. If you keep blowing for as long as you can until your lungs feel completely empty of air then you are doing a spirometry test.
CreditValleyHospital 6 months ago
that's not spirometry shown, thats Peak Flow?
tttoxxxa 11 months ago