monitoring in adolescents with asthma Compliance and reliability of electronic PEF
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Compliance and reliability of electronic PEF monitoring in adolescents with asthma.
Self-management education is the cornerstone of modern asthma care and consists of self-monitoring, transfer of information, a written action plan, and regular medical review. Current international guidelines recommend the use of home monitoring of peak expiratory flow (PEF) as a part of selfmonitoring. PEF recordings potentially provide valuable information on risk prediction of asthma episode...
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