Dr Mark Kennedy
Western Hills Clinic
74 Western Hills Drive
Kensington
Whangarei 0112
www.healthpoint.co.nz
Dr Mark Kennedy - Private Internal Medicine Specialist
Postal Address
Contact Details
Phone (09) 435 4627, or if URGENT, Linda Clinical Nurse Specialist 021 689 447 outside of clinic hours
Mobile Emergency Phone (021) 702 395
Email admin@westernhillsclinic.co.nz
Healthlink EDI: west74hc
For any urgent Echocardiogram, Exercise Stress Echocardiogram or Exercise Tolerance Test, contact Clinical Nurse Specialist (Linda) on (09) 435 4627 on Tuesday and Thursday (or 021 689 447 outside those days). If she is unavailable and it is URGENT, call Mark Kennedy on (021) 702 395. We can undertake Transthoracic Echocardiograms most weekdays.
Spirometry
Patient information:
Spirometry is a test which measures the volume of air with which your lungs can be filled and the rate that you can empty your lungs. It can be used to diagnose problems of breathing and airflow limitation and to monitor the usefulness of treatment.
In order to do spirometry, you take a deep breath in and then blow out as hard as you can into a hollow tube attached to a spirometer machine for 6 or more seconds. You will be asked to do the test at least 3 times to ensure reliability of the test and to capture your best result.
Spirometry measures the volume of air expelled from the lungs in the first second and the total amount exhaled by the person doing the test. It also gives a measure of flow through small airways (or bronchioles). Restriction and obstruction are different patterns that spirometry can detect, as well as showing the severity of the abnormalities.
I perform this type of test routinely in my office on people who are breathless or where asthma, emphysema or COPD are suspected.
Your results are compared with a normal non-smoker of your age, height and gender.
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