Effectiveness of routine self monitoring of peak flow in patients with asthma

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6928, 1994, Pages 564-

  Drummond, N ^a,b   Abdalla, M ^a,b   Beattie, J A G ^a,b   Buckingham, J K ^a,b   Lindsay, T ^a,b   Osman, L M ^a,b   Ross, S J ^a,b   Roy Chaudhury, A ^a,b   Russell, I ^a,b   Turner, M ^a,b   Friend, J A R ^a,b   Legge, J S ^a,b   Douglas, J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b City Hospital Aberdeen   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SCOTLAND; SELF CARE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028346237     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6928.564     Document Type: Article

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