Evaluation of the airflowmeter in the assessment of airways obstruction. Journal Articles

abstract

• The airflowmeter, a new inexpensive instrument measuring severity of airways obstruction in arbitrary units, was found to correlate well with standard respiratory function tests, and to be more sensitive than FEV1 in detecting changes in obstruction. Despite the distortion of maximal expiratory flow-volume relationship induced by the resistance of the meter, and the considerable variability between instruments, the airflowmeter should prove useful for regular monitoring of patients with variable airways obstruction.

authors

• Sears, Malcolm

status

• published 

publication date

• November 10, 1976

has subject area

• Airway Obstruction (MeSH)
• Asthma (MeSH)
• Evaluation Studies as Topic (MeSH)
• Forced Expiratory Volume (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate (MeSH)
• Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (MeSH)
• Respiratory Function Tests (MeSH)

published in

• Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School  Journal

keywords

• Airway Obstruction
• Asthma
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Forced Expiratory Volume
• Humans
• Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate
• Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
• Respiratory Function Tests

PubMed ID

• 1071144

start page

• 349

end page

• 351

volume

• 84

issue

• 575