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Slow Vital Capacity
Important test for assessing COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) patients
affected by this disease might present a the Slow Vital Capacity could be higher than
the Forced one (FVC).
The main parameters measured during SVC tests are:
EVC
Expiratory Slow Vital Capacity
IVC
Inspiratory Slow Vital Capacity
ERV
Expiratory Reserve Volume
IRV
Inspiratory Reserve Volume
If the inspiratory/expiratory maximal manoeuvre is preceded by a some breaths at tidal
volume the software allows to measure the Respiratory Pattern, represented by the
following parameters:
VE
Ventilation per minute
Vt Tidal
volume
Rf Respiratory
frequency
Ttot Breath
time
Ti/Ttot Inspiratory
time/Ttot
Vt/Ti Vt/Ti
Perform a SVC test
1. Select
Slow Vital Capacity
from the
Test
menu and wait for the green led is
prompted on the right side of the screen.
2. Press
F2
and instruct the Patient to breath normally until the message “carry out…”
is prompted; then ask to perform a Slow Vital Capacity (deep inhalation, maximal
slow expiration and deep inhalation again).
3. Press
F3
or wait for automatic interruption (5 seconds without flow) in order to
visualise the V/t graph together with the main parameters compared to the predicted
values
4. To visualise the V/t graph and the main parameters press the follow buttons:
view Volume Time graph
view data of the test
5. Press
Alt+F3
to stop the acquisition discarding the results.
6. Repeat the test until it is correctly performed (ATS recommends 3 times).
7. Press
Exit
to visualise the test list carried out during current session together with
the results of the main parameters.
8. Select the test that you want to save (the Best Test according to the ATS criteria is
highlighted by default) and press
OK.
The reference for the ERV calculation is displayed on the V/T graph.
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