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User Manual
Spirometry patient's database ....................................................... 67
Patient Card....................................................................67
Visit Card .......................................................................67
Test Card ........................................................................68
Import/export a Tests card........................................................68
Diagnosis Database...................................................................68
Spirometry program settings ......................................................... 69
Graphs ............................................................................69
Serial port.......................................................................69
Units of measurements...................................................69
Using extra fields............................................................69
Customise the fields .......................................................69
Exercise testing 71
Recommendations for the exercise testing .................................... 72
The evaluation of the cardiorespiratory function......................72
Precautions................................................................................72
Laboratory......................................................................72
Ending the test................................................................72
Preparing the patient.................................................................72
Before testing .................................................................72
Patient assent..................................................................73
Ending the test................................................................73
Real time test.................................................................................. 74
Start a test.......................................................................74
Abort the test without saving data..................................74
End the test saving data..................................................74
View data in real-time ..............................................................74
View graphs in real-time ................................................74
Parameters to view....................................................................74
Manual protocol........................................................................75
Enter Load and Phase.....................................................75
Set the markers...............................................................75
Automatic protocol...................................................................75
Modify the load during the test ......................................75
Set the BPM alarm....................................................................75
Enter the BPM................................................................75
Data management ......................................................................... 76
Viewing data.............................................................................76
View data in table form..................................................76
Creating graphs.........................................................................76
View data in graph form.................................................76
Customise the graphs......................................................77
Switch from graph to data and vice versa ......................77
Viewing predicted values .........................................................78
View predicted values....................................................78