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3.
Insert the mouthpiece well into the mouth beyond the teeth, being careful
to ensure that air cannot escape from the sides of the mouth.
4.
Press the “Start” button, the system will beep and instruct to begin the
test.
5.
Make several breaths through the disposable flow transducer.
6.
Then inspire slowly as much air as possible and then use the hand to hold
on the nose and apply like a nose clip, then expire all the air as rapidly,
forcefully and completely as possible. Continue to expire one breath until
it reaches 6 seconds or it is fully recorded. Then instruct the patient to
inspire fully, as rapidly as possible. Press the “Stop” button to complete
the test. During testing the Flow/Volume curve is synchronized displayed.
7.
Press restart button for two more trials without remove the mouthpiece.
8.
The device will show the best effort with a crown on top of it.
At the end of the test, a comprehensive report will show below the curves, each
item included in the blue row represents the following:
Item:
Indicate the type of parameter.
Act:
Indicate the actual test results of the test.
Pred:
Indicate the predicted value based on patient’s profile.
%:
indicate the percentage of actual value compare to predicated value.
