1976 Volume 26 Issue 2Supplement Pages 9-13
PEER, FEV1.0 and FVC of children with bronchial asthma in comparison with those of healthy children of similar size-% PEFR, % FEV1.0 and %FVC-were used as the indicators for the judgement of the therapeutic effect in childhood asthma. Those indicators were proved to correspond well to the change of severity of the asthmatic patients when supplied as the indicators for the effects of the inhalation therapy. Among those indicators, only %PEFR could indicate the effective limit of the inhalation therpapy. Namely, it became clear that when the %PEFR was under 20%, the attack could not be cured by inhalation therapy alone. From the above result, it can be concluded that the %PEFR using the peak flow meter is most useful as the clinical indicater. This apparatus has addition al benefits, as it can be usedby anybo dy, anywhere, every time and with ease.
