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Hi guys. I know that a while ago we had a discussion about simple tests of respiratory function and the SBCT was mentioned I think by B. Does anyone have the reference for the original article decribing how the test was validated? I have found countless articles saying it has been validated but can't seem to find the actual description of the research validating it. Hoping you are all having a relaxing sunday!
Ange
Ange
inhale
then as exhaling count as long as you can while exhaling
if you can't count to 17 go to ER
He called it and emergency test
Ann
I put the articles I found in the links group under counting test for respiratory function. Cathi also discusses another article in the discussion Bruce references.
The first article I listed was done in children and Is the one I saw most often referenced (but I may be seeing that through the eyes of a pediatrician :-) )
b.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8037392, amybe itnwuld reference an earlier publication. b.