Peak flow meter use - series

Peak flow meter use - part six

Move the marker back to the bottom, and repeat these steps two more times. If you cough or make a mistake, do not include this as one of your three tries.

Record the highest of the three numbers in your peak flow diary.

Update Date: 5/1/2011

Updated by: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

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