Peak expiratory flow is not a quality indicator for spirometry: Peak expiratory flow variability and FEV1 are poorly correlated in an elderly population

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1494-1499

  Hegewald, Matthew J ^a   Lefor, Michael J ^a   Jensen, Robert L ^a   Crapo, Robert O ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^b   Haggerty, Catherine L ^c   Bauer, Douglas C ^d   Satterfield, Suzanne ^e   Harris, Tamara ^f  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forced expiratory flow rate; Forced expiratory volume; Peak expiratory flow; Respiratory function tests; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34248580612     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2707     Document Type: Article

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