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Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - August 21, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Reference Equations for Spirometric Indices Reference Equations for Spirometric Indices
Spirometric measurements from a sample of adult Nigerians provides updated reference data for interpreting pulmonary function test results.BMC Pulmonary Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Spirometry: What to expect with the lung function test
What are spirometry tests and why are they performed? Learn about the procedure, how the results are read, and what other testing methods may be available. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary System Source Type: news
Best Practices in Asthma: Beta-Agonists to Spirometry Best Practices in Asthma: Beta-Agonists to Spirometry
Drs Vega and Adams tackle challenging issues on asthma, including optimal spirometry use, eosinophil measurement, and beta-agonist overuse.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - April 25, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 21, 2017
[Image from unsplash.com]From new and renewed partnerships to FDA approvals, here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning.
1. Life Spine receives FDA clearance for cervical spacer system
Life Spine announced in an April 19 press release that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Plateau-C Ti Cervical Spacer System. The system uses Life Spine’s titanium surface technology, Osseo-Loc, that helps with potential bone growth. Plateau-C Ti also has additional graft windows to help with visibility in-situ and bone graft containment. It entered full-market release on April 3 this...
Source: Mass Device - April 21, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: 510(k) Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) News Well Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Regulatory/Compliance Clearflow Condor Getinge Life Spine Lifetrack Medical Mayo Clinic Monitored Therapeutics Owlstone Medical Physio- Source Type: news
PMD ’s at-home spirometry could improve medication adherence in cystic fibrosis patients
PMD Healthcare touted data today from a pediatric cystic fibrosis study which the company said demonstrates the feasibility of at-home spirometry using its Spiro PD device.
Cystic fibrosis patients take a variety of medications daily, PMD pointed out, and adherence to complicated regimens can be a challenge.
The Allentown, Penn.-based company’s study examined forced expiratory volume, body mass index and treatment burden scores of the intervention group compared to the control group.
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Source: Mass Device - April 21, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Clinical Trials Patient Monitoring Wall Street Beat pmd healthcare Source Type: news
No signs of asthma found in third of adults diagnosed with it
For those diagnosed with asthma within the past five years, a JAMA study has found a current diagnosis could not be established in about one third of supposed asthma sufferers. We talked to the study's lead author, Shawn Aaron from the University of Ottawa, to find out what doctors and patients should do to ensure they're not getting misdiagnosed.
ResearchGate: Could you briefly introduce your study and findings?
Shawn Aaron: Our study set out to determine how often we could confirm or alternatively rule out active asthma in adults who had recently been diagnosed by physicians. We recruited 701 adults who had been diagno...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 24, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
No Benefit to Incentive Spirometry After Bariatric Surgery No Benefit to Incentive Spirometry After Bariatric Surgery
Incentive spirometry has no effect on postoperative hypoxemia or oxygen saturation level following bariatric surgery and therefore should not be routinely recommended, researchers in Massachusetts say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
A third of adults treated for asthma 'may not have the disease'
Conclusion
The study results show being diagnosed with asthma at one point in your life doesn't necessarily mean you need to take asthma medication forever.
This study has some limitations. It was carried out in Canada, where the health service is different and doctors may use different practices to diagnose asthma. That means we don't know if the results are applicable to the UK.
Also, many people invited to take part did not do so, which means the participants may not be representative of the general population of people with asthma.
Not all doctors provided records of diagnosis, so we don't know how many people actua...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Medication Source Type: news
This Lung Disorder Tends To Be Misdiagnosed In Many Adults
(Reuters Health) ― As many as one in three adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the chronic lung disorder, a Canadian study suggests.
Researchers did lung function tests on 613 adults who had been diagnosed with asthma within the past five years. If participants took asthma medicines, researchers gradually weaned them off the drugs over four clinic visits to see how well their lungs worked without treatment.
The evaluations ruled out asthma in 203 of the participants, or 33 percent. After one year of follow-up, 181 of these people still did too well on lung tests to be diagnosed with asthma, researchers rep...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Lung Disorder Tends To Be Misdiagnosed In Many Adults
(Reuters Health) ― As many as one in three adults diagnosed with asthma may not actually have the chronic lung disorder, a Canadian study suggests.
Researchers did lung function tests on 613 adults who had been diagnosed with asthma within the past five years. If participants took asthma medicines, researchers gradually weaned them off the drugs over four clinic visits to see how well their lungs worked without treatment.
The evaluations ruled out asthma in 203 of the participants, or 33 percent. After one year of follow-up, 181 of these people still did too well on lung tests to be diagnosed with asthma, researchers rep...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 18, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Propeller inks deal with Italian spirometer maker
Propeller Health said today that it inked a collaborative deal with Medical International Research to integrate MIR’s mobile and clinical spirometers into the Propeller system.
Spirometry, measuring lung function by how much air is inhaled and exhaled, can help provide a physiological measurement for disease progression in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Regular assessment can enable patients and their healthcare providers to monitor the patient’s progress and evaluate how they respond to a particular treatment.
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Source: Mass Device - December 1, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations mHealth (Mobile Health) Respiratory Propeller Health Source Type: news
Improving the quality of diagnostic spirometry: FAQs
This set of FAQs should be read in conjunction with the competency assessment framework “Improving the quality of diagnostic spirometry: the National Register of certified professionals and operators” published in September. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 23, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
New register for nurses who carry out spirometry
Primary care nurses will be able to prove their ability to perform spirometry, under a new certification and registration scheme set to be brought in over the next five years. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - October 5, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Improving the quality of diagnostic spirometry in adults
The Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) and partner agencies have published Improving the quality of diagnostic spirometry in adults: the National Register of certified professionals and operators. This document, aimed at commissioners and providers of diagnostic spirometry, sets out a framework for assessing and certifying the competence of healthcare professionals and operators who perform and/or interpret diagnostic spirometry. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
