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The use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity.

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  • The simplest way to diagnose COPD is through spirometry, which is usually available in general practitioners 'surgeries.
  • He could really use a flu shot, a pneumonia vaccine and a breathing test called spirometry to help us better manage his asthma.
  • Lung function tests, such as spirometry and measuring lung volumes
  • This provides a more objective measurement than other pulmonary function tests such as spirometry, which requires patients to exhale forcefully into a tube.
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