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Effect of banana on cold stress test & peak expiratory flow rate in healthy volunteers
...stress induced hypertension, peak expiratory flow rate and plasma ACE activity...significant changes in heart rate and peak expiratory flow rate but only significant...much effect on heart rate and peak expiratory flow rate. Key words Angiotensin...
July 1, 1999; Indian Journal of Medical Research
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Monitoring peak expiratory flow rates to control asthma.(Tips from Other Journals)
...patients how to monitor their peak expiratory flow rate and adjust their medications...effectiveness of an action plan based on peak expiratory flow measurements in preventing...an action plan based on their peak expiratory flow measurements. Each patient...
April 15, 1998; American Family Physician
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South Korean Inventors Develop Peak Expiratory Flow Meter
...South Korea, have developed a peak expiratory flow meter. According to the...Office: "Disclosed herein is a peak expiratory flow meter capable of measuring continuous expiratory flow. The peak expiratory flow meter includes a lower...
October 22, 2008; US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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Metals in particulate pollutants affect peak expiratory flow of schoolchildren.(Children's Health)(Clinical report)
...grades. Each student measured peak expiratory flow rate three times a day...estimate the association between peak expiratory flow rate and particulate air...significant reduction in the peak expiratory flow rate after the children...
March 1, 2007; Environmental Health Perspectives
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peak expiratory flow rate
peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) (peek eks- pir -ă-ter-i floh rayt) n. the maximum rate at which a person can forcibly expel air from the lungs at any time, usually expressed in litres per minute and used particularly to help diagnose asthma and monitor its treatment.
January 1, 2008; A Dictionary of Nursing
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Peak expiratory flow rate as predictor of inpatient death in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.(Original Article)
...for predicting death were the peak expiratory flow (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.94...73; 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.90). A peak expiratory flow < 150 L/min showed the...hospital death. Conclusions: Peak expiratory flow was the most important...
March 1, 2005; Southern Medical Journal
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Oximetry and PEF in childhood asthma. (peak expiratory flow and measurement of oxygen) (Tips From Other Journals)
Measurements of peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in one second are useful in the assessment of airway obstruction in patients with acute...
March 1, 1991; American Family Physician
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Peak expiratory flow rate variability is not affected by home combustion sources in a group of nonsmoking women.(Author abstract)(Report)
...These exposures often are more severe in women. (2,3) In 1999, we reported transient lowering of self-administered peak expiratory flow (PEF) measurements in nonsmoking women in Virginia during the summer months, when ambient air pollution levels...
July 1, 2006; Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
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Short-Term Effects of Formaldehyde on Peak Expiratory Flow and Irritant Symptoms.
...irritant exposure situations when possible.[1-3] In several recent studies, investigators used repeated measurements of peak expiratory flow (PEF), as well as assessment of respiratory symptoms with a psychometric severity scale questionnaire, all to...
January 1, 2001; Archives of Environmental Health
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Effect of ambient ozone on peak expiratory flow of exercising children in the Netherlands.
...effects of ambient ozone on peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate of children...symptoms. Sports activities. Peak expiratory flow was measured before and...photochemical episodes.[2,14] Peak expiratory flow measurements. Peak expiratory...
January 1, 1993; Archives of Environmental Health
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