The diagnostic and screening capacities of peak expiratory flow measurements in the assessment of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response in children with asthma

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Slieker, M G ^a   Van Der Ent, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Forced expiratory volume in one second; Peak expiratory flow; Pulmonary function measurements

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242574303     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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