Reference

Quirce S, Contreras G, Dybuncio A, ChanYeung M, Peak Expiratory Flow Monitoring Is Not A Reliable Method For Establishing The Diagnosis Of Occupational Asthma, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 1995;152:1100-1102,

BOHRF Original Authors' Main Conclusions

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Study aimed to assess reliability of peak expiratory flow (PEF) monitoring in 17 subjects referred for suspected occupational asthma. Subjects were requested to monitor their PEF 6 times daily for 2 weeks at work and at least 10 days away from work, unaware that their readings were stored. Of those who completed the monitoring, only 55.3% of the records were completely accurate in terms of the value and the timing of the measurements, 23.3% were inaccurate either in terms of the recorded value or of the timing of the measurement, and the remainder were fabricated results (not recorded by the Mini-Log). Our results suggest that PEF monitoring using ordinary peak flow meters for assessment of work-relatedness of asthma has limitations and is not reliable.

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Acceptable peak flow series can be obtained in around two thirds of those in whom a diagnosis of occupational asthma is being considered.

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