About the patient help sheets – Welch Allyn CP 150 spirometry option - User Manual User Manual
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About the patient help sheets
Two patient help sheets are available to print:
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Adult smokers
If Smoke Years is enabled in the FVC report settings, the Smokers' education sheet
option can be printed for adult smokers.
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Asthma symptoms
These help sheets print only if patient education is selected. To enable patient education
touch the Print patient's education button after the FVC efforts have been performed.
Touch the checkbox next to Asthma education or Smokers' education.
The patient's name, FEV1% predicted, and date print automatically on both sheets. If
Enable ATS Interpretation is selected, the appropriate recommendation is also marked.
To enable ATS Interpretation, touch the Settings tab. The ECG tab and the vertical ECG
configuration tab appear. Touch the Spirometry tab. The vertical Spirometry
configuration tab appears. Touch the
(Next) button. Touch the checkbox next to the
Enable ATS Interpretive.
Note
If no recommendation is marked, the doctor must mark one.
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Both help sheets come from a booklet entitled Simple Office Spirometry for Primary Care
Practitioners, by Thomas L. Petty, MD, and Paul L. Enright, MD. This booklet can be
downloaded from the National Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP) home page:
http://www.nlhep.org/Pages/Resources.aspx.
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