April 2017

    European Immunisation Week       Next week marks European Immunisation Week 2017. So we thought we would take look at what makes immunisation so important, and who is involved in the great awareness raising event.   Why is immunisation so important? The widespread implementation of immunisation programmes over the past 30 years has led to a dramatic...

    A History of Respiratory Diagnostics       The following article has been provided by Vitalograph and written by Bernard Garbe   Modern respiratory diagnostics owe much to key findings unearthed as early as around 150 A.D. when Greek philosopher Claudius Galen was recorded as experimenting on human ventilation by getting a child to breathe in and out...

    A Guide to Spirometry       The following article has been provided by Vitalograph and written by Bernard Garbe   The role of spirometry Office spirometry is a physiological test measuring exhaled volumes of air as a function of time. It is of irreplaceable value as a test of respiratory health in the same way that ECG...