Reproducibility of Lung Volume Measurements

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• Personal Author:
  Hankinson, John L. ; Peslin R ; Stocks J
• Description:
  Test reproducibility is an important consideration when interpreting results and should be set as a goal during data collection. Reproducibility criteria may need to be different for different subject groups and are instrument and procedure-dependent. Ideally, the within-subject variability for each lung volume and measurement technique used should be established for each laboratory. These values also need to be established for each different subject group (age and disease). At a minimum, test reproducibility should be monitored and controlled and each laboratory should define their between-day reproducibility of measurements on at least one "reference" subject from ongoing periodic (e.g., weekly or monthly) measurements as part of their laboratory's quality control programme. For plethysmographic measurements functional residual capacity (FRC)pleth multiple determinations and a corresponding test reproducibility criteria is probably justified. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Lung Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Safety Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Laboratory-techniques Laboratory-testing Laboratory-workers Lung-function Measurement-equipment Pulmonary-function-tests Reproduction Respiratory-function-tests Testing-equipment
• ISSN:
  0903-1936
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033919
• Citation:
  Eur Respir J 1998 Mar; 11(3):787-790
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  European Respiratory Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:04225df96c738c06a2d9e72a97792c6788274b637fc823a62b0c508bd2151e3b2097a4b75b69cfc60c2556e93a188155a49981c47ac813fad3fe8ea5e1f0d0f6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189321/cdc_189321_DS1.pdf
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