Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Values
Measurement of Peak Expiratory Flow Rate Values in Healthy School going Children between 6 and 12 Years attending Urban Schools in Chennai
... school in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. A mini Wright’s peak flow meter was used for the study. In all the children age in completed years, sex, height, weight, chest circumference at full inspiration and ...
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Measurement of peak expiratory flow rate values in healthy school going children between 6 and 12 years attending urban schools in Chennai
... PEFR values were higher when compared to both the previous ...PEFR values slightly lower than those in the North Indian study but still higher than those in the South Indian ...
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Comparative Study of Some Hematological Parameters and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate in Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Benin City, Nigeria
... The values of these parameters, some of which includes Packed Cells Volume (Hematocrit), Red and White Blood Cells counts, Platelet count, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, Differential Leukocytes count, ...
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Effect of different body positions on peak expiratory flow rate in young old elderly
... mean values of peak expiratory flow rate differ significantly with different body ...for peak expiratory flow rate in young old elderly individuals are in ...
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Study on peak expiratory flow rate in school children from Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India
... A total of 961 children (5-12years) participated in the study. Data collected were analyzed with respect to age, weight, height and body surface area. Table 1 shows the distribution of weight, height, body surface area ...
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Effect of lower respiratory tract infections on peak expiratory flow rate in children admitted to Rajarajeshwari medical college hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
... ‘Peak expiratory flow usually assesses the upper ...the values of FVC and FEV1 along with insignificant decrease in flow rates ...
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Establishing age specific spirometry reference ranges for children/adolescents of Karachi, Pakistan: Randomized trials
... forced expiratory volume in 1 second, ratio between the two, peak expiratory flow rate, forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% expired volume were recorded and ...
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ASSESMENT OF IMPROVEMENT IN PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE IN ASTHMATICS IN THOSE WITH INHALATIONAL VS ORAL SALBUTAMOL
... PEFR values were recorded after 30 min of oral Salbutamol and 15 min of inhalational Salbutamol ...history. Peak expiratory flow rate was measured in this patients with the help of ...
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Can Peak Expiratory Flow Predict Airflow Obstruction in Children With Asthma?
... values ⬍ 65% of predicted were classified as abnormal. Lung volumes were measured by a Collins BP-plethysmo- graph (Braintree, MA). Panting breathing movements against the shutter were made at a rate of 1 ...
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Pediatric Peak Expiratory Flow Rates Nomogram for Healthy School Children of Navi Mumbai.
... PEFRs values increased linearly with age, weight and ...PEFR values as compared to girls of the same ...and rate of general somatic growth are strikingly different between girls and boys, their PEFR ...
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Effects of Waterpipe Smoking and Cigarette Smoking on Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and Quality of Life
... The PEFR shows significant decline in the values in both WPS and CS which may be due to the inflammation and airway obstruction. It is more reduced in WPS. The study supporting this result was done by Meo et al. ...
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Role of peak expiratory flow rate and chest radiography in children above 5 years of age with acute asthma
... There was statistically significant difference between mean PEFR and % of expected PEFR at admission in moderate asthma and severe asthma which was 124.40±42.83(% of expected PEFR 58.84±12.11) and 84.58±24.67 (% of ...
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TO FIND OUT THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS BODY POSITIONS ON PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE (PEFR) IN COPD PATIENTS
... PEFR values were significantly affected by Changes in body position in COPD ...PEFR values in all positions which can be attributed to pathology seen in COPD subjects (loss of lung elasticity, narrowed ...
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Comparison of peak expiratory flow rate in healthy urban and rural school children in and around Bangalore: a cross sectional study
... the peak flow readings in children. Its values do not vary significantly in boys and ...standard values for children of each geographical location for ...PEFR values obtained from ...
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Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR): conclusion and recommendation
... the flow resistance of intra and extrathroracic airways; and by the added resistance due to the ...independent flow, (Mead et al., 1967) when expiratory flow is limited by the speed with which ...
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Relationship of Obesity and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) amongst 8-15 Years Old School Children
... PEFR values depend are voluntary effort, strength of the expiratory muscles, generating the force of contraction, lung volume, airway size and elastic recoil strength of the ...
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Comparative study of seasonal variability in peak expiratory flow rate amongst school children in rural and urban areas
... The values were lower in summer season in both rural and urban groups. Thus, such seasonal variability to be considered whenever evaluating the pulmonary function tests in any given situation or suspected disorder ...
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Comparison betweenpeak expiratory flow rate (pefr) and forced expiratory volume in first second (fev1) in monitoring the airway status of students studying in college of applied medical sciences, Riyadh
... 2007). Peak flow readings are higher when patients are well, and lower when the airways are ...in values recorded, clinicians can determine lung functionality, the severity of asthma symptoms, and ...
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Peak expiratory flow rate as a surrogate for forced expiratory volume in 1 second in COPD severity classification in Thailand
... in expiratory flow, intrathoracic pressure is ...in flow after a relatively normal peak has been attained, leading to signifi- cantly lower values for FEV 1 compared to ...
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Clinical study of bronchial asthma in children aged 5 to 12 years with special reference to peak expiratory flow rate
... Methods: After taking detailed history, clinical examination, the PEFR was recorded in fifty symptomatic bronchial asthma children between 5-12 years of age group before and after salbutamol nebulization. They were ...
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