“Current place of impulse oscillometry in the assessment of pulmonary diseases.”

In 1956, a diagnostic tool using the forced oscillation technique (FOT) was developed to examine respiratory functions. A modification of this method is impulse oscillometry (IOS). In the latter, a loudspeaker delivers to the respiratory system a regular, square pressure wave at a constant frequency from which all other individual frequencies are derived using spectral analysis. The usefulness of IOS has been examined in relation to COPD, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, obstructive sleep apnea, and other conditions.

Source: Respiratory Medicine - April 23, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Marcin Bednarek, Marcin Grabicki, Tomasz Piorunek, Halina Batura-Gabryel Tags: Review article Source Type: research