Effects of equipment and technique on peak flow measurements

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bongers, Thomas ^a   O'Driscoll, B Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHIECTASIS; BYSSINOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETER; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33747000800     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-6-14     Document Type: Article

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