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As a part of a national study on spirometer calibration we had tested 26 computerized spirometers in use in 19 different laboratories. The device age ranged from 0.5 to 3 years. For each model a spirometer with the relative microprocessor was tested in order to evaluate its performance at selling. An acceptable accuracy of computer systems was detected both for the new and older ones.
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Arossa, W., Spinaci, S., Forconi, G., Carena, C., Concina, E. (1983). Accuracy of Commercially Available Computerized Spirometers. In: Nair, S., Prakash, O., Imbruce, R.P. (eds) Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4403-2_10
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