Spirometri merupakan tes yang membantu berbagai kondisi paru-paru yang paling umum adalah
obstruksi paru-paru kronis. Juga dapat digunakan untuk memonitor kinerja paru-paru dan
responnya terhadap perawatan yang sedang dilakukan.
Tujuan
Pemeriksaan spirometri bertujuan:
Indikasi
Yang dianjurkan untuk melakukan pemeriksaan spirometri antara lain :
Spirometry is a test that helps with various lung conditions, the most common of which is
chronic pulmonary obstruction. It can also be used to monitor the performance of the lungs and
their response to current treatments.
Aim
• Determine the diagnosis of disease: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
etc.
Indication
To be able to find out early on various restrictive or obstructive lung diseases so that early and
appropriate treatment can be carried out
To better diagnose and treat asthma, COPD, assess treatment response and predict future disease
conditions.
To determine the diagnosis of COPD in patients who smoke (active or passive) or former
smokers.
A polluted air environment can be experienced by factory workers, field workers, motorized
vehicle users, etc
6. Patients with symptoms of recurrent cough with known that the cause is not a lung infection
To determine the possibility of sensitive airways (bronchial hyper-reactivity) which often causes
recurrent coughing symptoms.