Peak expiratory flow rate is the measurement of how much the patient can blow out of their lungs in one breath. It is a crude measurement and not as accurate as Spirometry. However it is useful for patients to perform themselves, especially when they are
ASTHMA PEAK FLOW DIARY IMPROVES CAREdoi:10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63469-2Thomas F PlautAnnals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyT.F. Plaut. Asthma Peak Flow Diary Improves Care. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunol- ogy, 76:476-478, 1996....
A peak flow chart can also refer to a kind of 'peak expiratory flow diary', that you can keep and record your PERF in. Some patients will find it better than just writing the daily results down.Peak flow chart diary How to use a peak flow meter? A peak flow meter is a simple hand...
Based on peak expiratory flow rates, doctors are better able to prescribe the proper amount of medication to alleviate respiratory problems. When used in self-management, these readings can assist a patient in deciding whether to increase or decrease medication. For example, an asthma sufferer with...
This free simple app is a peak flow (PEF) diary, tracker, and charting tool. Easy Peak Flow Diary can help you track peak flow and symptoms. Easy Peak Flow Diar…
To grasp the asthma patients' control level, an asthma control test (ACT), an easy questionnaire, is getting to be used as the alternative method of asthma diary recording. ACT is based on the patient's 4-week memory and the accuracy is not confirmed thoroughly Two hundred and eighty three...
Patients maintained a daily diary of nasal and chest scores, nasal inspiratory peak flow (NIPF) ... AAPK Scadding - 《Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology》 被引量: 118发表: 2004年 Acoustic Rhinometry and Rhinomanometry in the Evaluation of Nasal Patency of Patients with Nasal Septal ...
and camaraderie among colleagues that helped to reduce work strain and fatigue. Local town's people consistently offered messages of support and meals at the end of a hectic shift. New ventilators and high flow machines were procured which will serve a lasting legacy for critical care patients. ...
Patients with the cla... R Fraser,RJ Harrison - 《Vnitrni Lekarstvi》 被引量: 11发表: 1976年 Introduction of the health professional card into the SAXTELEMED-Project Intracardiac and great artery blood flow velocities were recorded by pulsed and continuous wave Doppler ultrasound in 18 children...
diaryelderlylimitationspeak flow meterself-careBackground: Only a few studies have been reported concerning the effects of guided self-care programs on elderly patients with chronic airflow obstruction; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and bronchial asthma (BA). The purpose of the ...