Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases ... by breathing through a tube to measure the efficiency of air flow. "There are other breathing tests which can be useful, including peak ...

In 455 patients with mild asthma who had a forced expiratory volume in 1 second of 2.96 liters (88.36% of the predicted value), the morning peak expiratory flow rate during the last 2 weeks of the ...

UK scientists say they have found a new cause behind much of the damage asthma causes. Cells lining the airways are squeezed to destruction during an attack, their research shows. And drugs to ...

Peak expiratory flow was the only lung function parameter that could be improved substantially by training. The effects of training on asthma control, airway inflammation and bronchial ...

and percentage predicted peak expiratory flow (r=0.26, p<0.001). This was a prospective study recruiting ambulatory patients aged ≥12 years with asthma at the University Medical Centre ...