Peak flow meter use in asthma management: The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zeland
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 164 (12) , 727-730
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122272.x
Abstract
Peak flow monitoring is used to assist in establishing a diagnosis of asthma, to measure asthma severity, to assess the response to treatment and to recognise deteriorating asthma. This article descr...Keywords
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