Conclusion: Peak flow meters in home are essential A peak flow meter is an essential tool for asthmatics. Knowing your peak flow levels will help you monitor the severity of your asthma and can be used as a valuable tool when you need to see your doctor. ...
It is important to know that your peak flow meter only measures the amount of airflow out of the large airways of the lungs. Changes in airflow caused by the small airways (which also occur with asthma) will not be detected by a peak flow meter. Early warning signs, however, may be ...
The study found that peak flow monitor helped in reducing asthma episodes, heath care visits, and school absences in the studied children. The study's lead author Patricia Burkhart recommends peak flow monitoring for those who do not perceive airway constriction until it is severe....
Conclusion: Peak flow meters in home are essentialA peak flow meter is an essential tool for asthmatics. Knowing your peak flow levels will help you monitor the severity of your asthma and can be used as a valuable tool when you need to see your doctor. Your peak flow levels ...
Product name:peak flow meterColor:red/blue Certificate:CE ISO 13485Material:medical ABS measurement range:60-850ml/minPacking:box Adult and child peak flow meter for monitoring asthma Regular use of a peak flow meter can help keeping tabs on your asthma by detecting airway narrowing even before...
Kirsty Staples/asthma patient “This is absolutely brilliant! It’s such a game changer & so much easier carrying around a smart peak flow as opposed to a big normal one so to speak! I have severe asthma so need to keep everything near ALWAYS!This app has been brilliant & is spot on...
Airway responsiveness and peak flow variability in the diagnosis of asthma for epidemiological studies Airway responsiveness and variability in peak expiratory flow (PEF) are widely used as objective diagnostic measures of asthma, but it is not clear how the... SA Lewis,ST Weiss,JR Britton 被引量...
Peak flow meter with questionnaire and mini-spirometer are considered as alternative tools to spirometry for screening of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, the accuracy of these tools together, in clinical settings for disease diagnosis, has not been studied. Two hundred consecu...
Asthmatic patients ( n = 98) were selected from the records of the Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam. The patients were between 5 and 11 years old. All children had peak-flow measurements three times a day for a 1-month period. The parents of the children completed a diary in ...
Asthma control test and peak expiratory flow rate: independent pediatric asthma management tools. J. Asthma 46:1042-1044; 2009... M Chan,S Sitaraman,A Dosanjh - 《Journal of Asthma Research》 被引量: 19发表: 2009年 Asthma control test and peak expiratory flow rate: Independent pediatric asthm...