Book Review: Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving From Evidence to Practice. Sharon Straus MD FRCPC MSc, Jacqueline Tetroe MA, Ian D Graham PhD, editors. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. 2009.…
By J. Kahn. Respiratory care, 2010
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bronchodilator. These points may be better suited to persons already involved in spirometry than to persons starting to learn about it. Chapter 8, “Interrelationship of Spirometry Parameters: a Graphical Approach,” (10 pages, with 10 figures) uses graphs to analyze the effects of changes in FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC, on FEF25-75%. This is too much information and of limited practical use for a person without a background in spirometry testing and in using the FEF25-75%. Chapter 9, “Step By Step Analysis of Numeric Results,” has 7 pages and one figure. The figure presents an algorithm for analysis of spirometry numerical results, to determine if the test is abnormal and to define the abnormality. The algorithm and the analysis appear correct, but it is difficult to go through the steps, because the steps in the figure are not numbered. Also the wording in the figure for step 6 (“FEV1 LLN?”) is not matched by the text on page 77, where the question is “Is FEV1 at or above the predicted value?” It would be easier to follow if the question in the text matched the wording in the figure and if the algorithm in the figure included the step numbers. Chapter 10 has good interpretation exercises in its 12.5 pages. Overall, I think Almirall-Collazo made a good effort in preparing this book. It will be useful for those with no previous spirometry experience and who want to get training and be involved in spirometry testing. It could also be of interest to respiratory therapists, technicians, nurses, physicians, and other health workers using spirometry.
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