Agreement between clinical and non-clinical digital manometer for assessing maximal respiratory pressures in healthy subjects.

ABSTRACT: Measurement of respiratory muscles strength such as maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) and maximal expiratory pressure (MEP) are used to detect, diagnose and treat respiratory weakness. However, devices used for these measurements are not widely available and are costly. Currently, the use of a digital manometer is recommended. In industry, several inexpensive devices are available, but these have not been validated for clinical use. Our objective was to determine the agreement between maximal respiratory pressures obtained with a clinical digital manometer and that with a non-clinical digital manometer in healthy volunteers. We assessed the height, weight, lung function, MIP, and MEP of healthy volunteers. To compare pressures obtained by each type of digital manometer, a parallel approac

SUBMITTER: Torres-Castro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812781 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature