Is there a need to perform both spirometry and flow volume loops?

A. Jackson, A. Lewis, K. E. Oates (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Respiratory measurement: practicalities and clinical applications
Session: Respiratory measurement: practicalities and clinical applications
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 964
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
A. Jackson, A. Lewis, K. E. Oates (Cambridge, United Kingdom). Is there a need to perform both spirometry and flow volume loops?. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 964

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Compression artifact free flow-volume loops used to establish objective measurements in patient effort with spirometry
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Lung and airway function
Year: 2011


Is there a need for training when using an oscillatory positive expiratory pressure device?
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Respiratory physiotherapy in the intensive care unit and on the ward: breathing exercises and respiratory muscles
Year: 2011

Is volume assured ventilation always able to compensate volume loss in presence of leaks?
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Recent technical developments in long-term noninvasive ventilation
Year: 2012


How to diagnose restrictive ventilatory defect by spirometry, and reduce the number of lung volumes measurements?
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Lung function today and tomorrow II
Year: 2011


Evaluation of flow limitation in elderly patients unable to perform forced expiratory manoeuvre
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 204s
Year: 2001

The use of noseclips during spirometry – is it really necessary?
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 278s
Year: 2006

Validation of the assessment of flow limitation at rest by overlapping of the tidal and maximal flow volume curves
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Quality control in lung function and new developments
Year: 2009


How much time is necessary to assess maximal inspiratory pressure by unidirectional expiratory valve method in subjects without artificial airway?
Source: International Congress 2014 – Assessment and techniques of physiotherapy: from healthy subjects to critical patients
Year: 2014

Diagnosis of a degree extrapulmonary airways stenosis by the analysis of the relation flow – volume - pressure at the quiet and forced breath
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 358s
Year: 2003

Thoracoabdominal contribution to tidal volume after an impatient cardiac rehabilitation program associated to continuous positive airway pressure
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Advanced experience with long-term noninvasive ventilation and late-breaking abstracts
Year: 2012

Do predicted tidal volumes have value in setting up domiciliary non-invasive ventilation?
Source: International Congress 2018 – Innovations in equipment and their application
Year: 2018




A novel technique “slow spirometry” to estimate tidal volumes for use in AVAPS mode ventilation in children.
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Advances in lung function testing
Year: 2020


Sarcoidosis patient: Do we need to perform plethysmography when spirometry and DLCO were done?
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - New insights in management of interstitial and vascular lung diseases
Year: 2011


Why should we perform lung function tests?
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - PG17 - Lung function measurement in the community
Year: 2007



Is it practical or important to include inspiratory capacity measurement in routine reversibility testing?
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 121s
Year: 2005

FEV1/FEV3 ratio: a potential alternative to full spirometry for patients unable to sustain forced expiration?
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Lung function and therapy in obstructive lung diseases
Year: 2007


Identifying patient suitability for lung volume reduction – estimation of gas trapping from spirometry.
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Prognosis and integrated management of COPD
Year: 2020


Is it necessary to use a nose clip in the performance of spirometry?
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 182s
Year: 2004

How many manoeuvres are needed to adequately measure the FIV1?
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 120s
Year: 2005

Do we need slow or forced expiration before the FIV1 measurement?
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 120s
Year: 2005