The need for standardisation of peak flow charts

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-167

  Reddel, H K ^a,b   Vincent, S D ^b   Civitico, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASTHMA; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 13544254258     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.030437     Document Type: Review

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