| abstract |
A computer-implemented method of assisting in diagnosis, therapy,nfollow-up and/or monitoring of a functional lung disease comprises entering patientndemographic data, determining predicted lung function parameters from thesendemographic data, obtaining lung function measurement data from a spriometrynmeasurement of the patient's lung function, and determining a diagnosis proposalndependent on the demographic data, the predicted and the measured lung functionnparameters of the patient. The present invention gives a physician, a healthnmanager or the patient himself/herself assistance in the correct diagnosis of anfunctional lung disease and checking or evaluating an earlier diagnosis andntreatment strategies based thereon. The invention helps to find suitable treatmentnstrategies for an individual patient and also allows an early detection of a functionalnlung disease even if the patient does not yet show corresponding symptoms. |