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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Peak Flow is rarely important in the decision to admitShow More
Dear Editor
In my opinion, it is much more important in the decision to discharge a patient. It is relatively rare that I have not made a decision to admit a patient within the first 30 seconds of presentation of an asthma attack- the respiratory rate, the use of accessory muscles and the overall behaviour of the patient is much more important than a number on the peak flow meter. I find it much more worrying that t...
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None declared. - Published on: 29 April 2016There is more to assessing severity than PEFRShow More
Dear Editor
The paper by Harvey and colleagues is a slightly overdramatic. In their audit they found that PEFR was not regularly recorded in the notes. However this does not mean that the assessment of patients is unsafe. Asthma severity as they point out is based on a number of physiological and clinical parameters. PEFR is used as a measure of severity but it has a severe limitations as it requires a good techniqu...
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