Checking The Test Quality; Interpreting Results - NDD EasyOne Operator's Manual

EasyGuide
If you want to get back to the main menu at any time, press and hold the escape key (esc-0)for 1
second. Repeat this until you reach the main menu.
You can conduct the following tests with EasyOne : FVC (expiratory), FVL (inspiratory and expiratory),
Tidal FVL, pre/post tests, slow spirometry and MVV. Please also see Chapter 9. There are also protocols
that ensure that testing complies with the guidelines for NIOSH/OSHA/Cotton Dust and Social Security
Administration Disability evaluations.
5.3

Checking the Test Quality

In order to assess the pulmonary function of the patient, it is necessary to obtain acceptable test quali-
ty. The test quality depends on co-operation of the patient and this, in turn, depends on the quality of
the physician's instructions. Consequently, EasyOne
tion with prompts to facilitate the physician's job of providing the patient with good instructions. After
each maneuver, a message on the screen will inform you as to whether the maneuver was acceptable
or not. If not, the message will guide you on how to coach the patient to do better.
A quality grading from A to F is displayed at the end of the test. It provides information on the overall
quality of the test. Please refer to Chapter 10.2. for further information on the quality grades. The table
below gives you the possible prompts that EasyOne
Only one of the above prompts is shown after a maneuver. As soon as you see message "Session com-
plete", you need not conduct further maneuvers. If, even after repeated attempts, it is not possible to
obtain an adequate number of good maneuvers, you should take a break, depending on how the pa-
tient feels or stop measurement. Even after a break, the measurement is stored and can be printed out
under Print results in the main menu. You also have the option of adding tests subsequently. Read
more on this in Chapter 9.6.
5.4

Interpreting Results

When interpreting the results, it is important to allow for the quality rating of the test. The quality rat-
ings A to C indicate a reliable result. A quality rating between D and F indicates insufficient test quality.
The result must then be interpreted with caution.
As soon as you obtain the message "Test complete" after conducting a test, you can either print out the
report immediately with ENTER or select the DATA field and view the result on the display.
incorporates an automatic quality control func-
provides you with after a maneuver:
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