BACKGROUND Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) recording is an essential measure in the management and evaluation of asthmatic children.It is helpful in monitoring disease progression and response to treatment. The PEFR can be measured by a simple instrument-peak expiratory flow meter. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To construct nomogram of PEFR in healthy rural school going children from Mandya district o...

BACKGROUND Several investigators have demonstrated a considerable disagreement between FEV1 and PEFR to assess the severity of airflow obstruction. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the discrepancy between the two measurements affects the assessment in the severity of acute asthma. METHODS Thirty-five consecutive asthma patients measured both FEV1 and PEFR at 0, 1hr, 1, 3, 5, 7...

Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is an essential measure in the management and evaluation of asthmatic children. The aim of this study was to determine normal PEFR of school children of West Bengal state in Eastern India and to derive prediction formula for this population. The PEFR was measured in 1201 healthy school children (781 boys and 420 girls) of Hooghly district using the mini Wright p...

BACKGROUND Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) recording is an essential measure in the management and evaluation of asthmatic children. The PEFR can be measured by a simple instrument--peak expiratory flow meter. The aim of this study was to determine the normal PEFR in rural school children from Wardha district of Maharashtra state, India. METHODS The PEFR was measured in 1078 healthy rural sc...

Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is a measure of ventilatory capacity measured by peak flow meter. It is regarded as a basic physiological parameter for the diagnosis, follow up and treatment of patients with respiratory illnesses such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. This study establishes the relationship of PEFR with age and BMI in healthy adult males (N=300) of Kumaon region of...

BACKGROUND Exacerbation of asthma has a negative impact on quality of life and increases the risk of fatal asthma. One of the known risk factors for patients with a history of near-fatal asthma is reduced sensitivity to dyspnea. OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify patients with such risk before they experienced severe exacerbation of asthma. METHODS We analyzed asthma symptoms and peak expirator...

In the management and evaluation of asthma, simple instruments for measurements of peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) are necessary. The aim of this study was to determine normal PEFR of the healthy children in Babol, Iran. This study was randomly done on 1050 students (primary and secondary schools) in Babol. Mini-Wright peak flow meter was used for measurement of PEFR. The range of age, weight ...

PEFR is a simple and reliable way of following patients with bronchial asthma and other obstructive airway diseases. Normal data is available for Caucasian and North Indian children but not for ethnic South Indian children. We, therefore, measured Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) in 345 healthy South Indian children aged 4-15 years, using the Wright mini peak flow meter. A nomogram was construc...

background: peak expiratory flow rate (pefr) is recommended as a tool for control of asthma. the purpose of this study was to determine the normal value of pefr in the healthy high school children in babol, iran. methods: this study was conducted on 470 healthy high school children (285 girls, 185 boys with the age between 14-18 years). for the determination of pefr we used mini wright peak flo...