Article: Gauge Asthma Severity Before Trying to Treat the Disease.(Brief Article)

Article: Microlife Launches First Ever Digital Peak Flow Meter With FEV-1 in Retail Pharmacies; New Digital Asthma and Emphysema Monitor Hits Shelves in Retail Pharmacies Nationwide; Provides Simple, Accurate Way to Monitor Lung Function at Home.
PR Newswire;  January 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Measurements with a peak flow device can help both the patient and their doctor...getting worse. A patient's peak flow and FEV-1 may show...recommend digital peak flow devices to their patients. The Microlife Peak Flow Monitor is available...

Article: Sticking to the program: education, new inhaler technology, and follow-up can coax even the most recalcitrant patients into compliance.(Report)
RT;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of the inhaler. If the patient cannot satisfactorily show...involves assessing the patient for symptoms. If I have [patients] using the inhaler improperly...shares. You can also ask the patient to keep a chart or diary of symptoms or peak flow readings. When next you see the ...

Article: How some pharmacists are managing asthma patients
Drug Topics;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......She refers asthma patients to the pharmacy...yellow zone [using a peak flow meter], we have...them." For new patients, initial sessions...During these visits, patients "show us how they...determined by the peak flow meters." The pharmacist...a record of the patients' ...

Article: Peak flow meter is gaining wide acceptance among people with asthma. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 20, 1994 ;     700+ words ......one knows why. Peak flow meters have been...normal rate for a patient based upon age...would like her patients to use their peak flow meters twice a day but knows that ``patient compliance is...time.'' With a peak flow meter, ``you just...

Article: TEAM HELPS PATIENTS BREATHE EASIER
Post-Tribune (IN);  October 13, 1994 ;     563 words ......measures the partial pressure of gases in the lungs of a patient. (METHODIST HOSPITALS PHOTO) THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION...staff and other healthcare professionals to assist patients with chronic lung problems such as asthma, emphysema and bronchitis. They also see patients who suffer heart attacks, ...

Article: Canadian Inventor Develops Patient Exhalation Peak Air Flow Measuring Method
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 13, 2008 ;     240 words ......of London, Canada, has developed a peak flow meter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peak flow meter is described with a body having...selector to adjust the sensitivity of the peak flow meter. A flow range selection indicator...

Article: Maine Inventors Develop Patient Exhaled Air Peak Flow Meter
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 11, 2007 ;     321 words ......Maine, have developed a patient exhaled air peak flow meter. According to the...flow or air exhaled by a patient. The preferred peak flow meter includes a substantially...the slot for indicating a peak flow rate of air based upon...

Article: Don't double steroid dose in deteriorating asthma.(POEMs: patient-oriented evidence that matters)
JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physicians Assistantss;  May 1, 2004 ;     393 words ......inhaled steroids in patients with deteriorating...improve symptoms or peak flow, or to prevent...exacerbation. All patients completed a 2-week...using morning peak flow measurements and...diaries). Those patients with unstable asthma...enrollment. The patients were ...

Article: RAINS KEEP FLOOD WATCHERS EDGY STORMS PUSH RIVERS ABOVE PEAK FLOW LEVELS; SWOLLEN STREAMS THRILL KAYAKERS AND RAFTERS.(Local)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 10, 1997 ;     284 words ......white-water highway for rafters. On the Arkansas River, the peak flow jostled kayakers and rafters. The Arkansas Headwater Recreation...In Glenwood Springs, the Colorado River was running above peak flow levels Monday, flooding sections of the bike trail through...

Article: Microlife USA Inc.(Peak Flow Monitor)
MMR;  February 7, 2005 ;     505 words ......Microlife brand products. The new product, the Microlife Peak Flow Monitor, is the first digital peak flow meter that provides FEV-1 measurement. Designed for patients suffering from asthma, emphysema and other respiratory...measurements. The high degree of accuracy provided by the ...

Article: Disease management more likely to succeed when patients and caregivers take part.(asthma treatment)
Health & Medicine Week;  April 8, 2002 ;     370 words ......education in small interactive groups of patients and their parents/caregivers improves...education program for pediatric asthma patients and their parents/caregivers. Researchers evaluated 30 patients, ages six to 12 years, and their...53.6% to 41.2% and the number of patients reporting a ...

Article: Disease management more likely to succeed when patients and caregivers take part.(Brief Article)
Immunotherapy Weekly;  April 10, 2002 ;     370 words ......education in small interactive groups of patients and their parents/caregivers improves...education program for pediatric asthma patients and their parents/caregivers. Researchers evaluated 30 patients, ages six to 12 years, and their...53.6% to 41.2% and the number of patients reporting a ...

Article: WIPO: Inventor in Italy Develops Peak Flow Discharging Measurement Method
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 11, 2008 ;     207 words ......abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the invention concerns a "measurement system for measuring peak flow discharges comprising at least two water level measurement instruments, including radar sensors or other suitable sensors placed...

Article: On behalf of the patient. (Patient Self-Determination Act) (Practicing the PSDA)
The Hastings Center Report;  September 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...The Patient Self-Determination Act provides an excellent...decisions for incompetent or never competent patients. Two issues that require clarification...surrogates follow in making decisions for patients? Health care providers utilize different...