The company's AsthmaMDTM
Peak Flow Meter has been developed to be used with the AsthmaMDTM smartphone app, which enables asthma patients to create a digital journal of their asthma activity, digitally logging
peak flow meter readings, and tracking symptoms, medications and notes.
Peak flow meter records peak flow or Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), the fastest rate at which air can move through the airways during a forced expiration starting with fully inflated lungs.
American Lung Association, (2008, June)
Peak Flow Meters.
Table 6 describes the changes in outcomes for the 5 categorical variables included in the survey: daytime symptoms (previous 4 weeks and previous 3 months), nighttime symptoms (previous 3 months),
peak flow meter use, and spacer use.
The proper course is to ask patients about their asthma symptoms, make sure they're taking their medications, and have them use their
peak flow meters, he said in an interview.
Activity: Every day use your
peak flow meter and write down the number for that day.
Having a
peak flow meter to assess when you might need to double up on the inhalers or start steroid tablets makes it easier to nip problems in the bud.
Subjects were instructed to record their peak expiratory flow with an Assess
Peak Flow Meter each evening.
The new product, the Microlife Peak Flow Monitor, is the first digital
peak flow meter that provides FEV-1 measurement.
The children on the pathway also were more likely to be discharged with a
peak flow meter and a spacer device to be used with a metered dose inhaler.
Known as the PiKo Electronic
Peak Flow Meter, it allows asthma sufferers to check their condition at home.
Today, they're asked to monitor their asthma with a
peak flow meter, select and correctly use inhalers, sometimes use tapering dosages of steroids, and avoid triggers that exacerbate their disease," the report says.
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