Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV1 in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough?

H A Thiadens; G H De Bock; J C Van Houwelingen; F W Dekker; M W M De Waal; M P Springer; D S Postma

doi:10.1136/thx.54.12.1055

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Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV₁ in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough?

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Nov 1999	119	120	53
Dec 1999	9	3	1
Jan 2000	26	28	8
Feb 2000	36	36	16
Mar 2000	20	42	16
Apr 2000	6	14	10
May 2000	13	23	8
Jun 2000	5	5	4
Jul 2000	8	18	7
Aug 2000	10	10	9
Sep 2000	13	7	2
Oct 2000	13	5	6
Nov 2000	15	18	7
Dec 2000	9	25	11
Jan 2001	8	18	6
Feb 2001	12	33	10
Mar 2001	7	30	5
Apr 2001	10	24	2
May 2001	11	23	10
Jun 2001	4	21	3
Jul 2001	5	22	5
Aug 2001	2	9	3
Sep 2001	10	9	4
Oct 2001	7	11	2
Nov 2001	12	29	5
Dec 2001	5	14	1
Jan 2002	6	11	1
Feb 2002	4	13	5
Mar 2002	11	8	3
Apr 2002	14	23	9
May 2002	8	20	2
Jun 2002	4	16	11
Jul 2002	2	11	4
Aug 2002	8	21	11
Sep 2002	6	6	7
Oct 2002	7	23	8
Nov 2002	7	23	10
Dec 2002	7	23	3
Jan 2003	6	16	16
Feb 2003	3	19	10
Mar 2003	5	20	9
Apr 2003	10	23	16
May 2003	3	12	4
Jun 2003	2	10	11
Jul 2003	24	34	8
Aug 2003	20	32	6
Sep 2003	16	25	7
Oct 2003	25	38	8
Nov 2003	22	41	12
Dec 2003	27	46	17
Jan 2004	28	39	12
Feb 2004	22	48	19
Mar 2004	24	49	21
Apr 2004	27	41	10
May 2004	43	63	13
Jun 2004	50	75	7
Jul 2004	52	66	8
Aug 2004	48	70	20
Sep 2004	31	54	11
Oct 2004	24	56	12
Nov 2004	27	50	16
Dec 2004	16	48	12
Jan 2005	18	30	4
Feb 2005	16	34	8
Mar 2005	32	47	19
Apr 2005	17	42	12
May 2005	20	40	16
Jun 2005	20	19	12
Jul 2005	27	41	19
Aug 2005	17	31	22
Sep 2005	9	8	4
Oct 2005	22	60	26
Nov 2005	14	35	9
Dec 2005	13	30	7
Jan 2006	10	29	12
Feb 2006	7	32	8
Mar 2006	14	30	18
Apr 2006	8	28	8
May 2006	11	28	10
Jun 2006	10	17	7
Jul 2006	15	29	15
Aug 2006	16	34	13
Sep 2006	16	56	23
Oct 2006	22	44	15
Nov 2006	20	70	23
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Feb 2007	13	89	20
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Apr 2007	21	16	9
May 2007	40	11	8
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Jul 2007	23	15	6
Aug 2007	21	9	4
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Oct 2007	23	25	12
Nov 2007	25	8	8
Dec 2007	14	2	6
Jan 2008	15	13	4
Feb 2008	32	12	7
Mar 2008	26	17	10
Apr 2008	23	5	2
May 2008	10	6	4
Jun 2008	12	6	5
Jul 2008	7	6	6
Aug 2008	16	7	3
Sep 2008	13	11	3
Oct 2008	15	3	5
Nov 2008	40	9	12
Dec 2008	14	10	8
Jan 2009	16	1	2
Feb 2009	11	2	4
Mar 2009	18	7	7
Apr 2009	17	4	10
May 2009	12	3	6
Jun 2009	5	3	0
Jul 2009	12	4	4
Aug 2009	25	0	1
Sep 2009	4	1	2
Oct 2009	15	4	4
Nov 2009	26	8	3
Dec 2009	22	3	4
Jan 2010	16	2	7
Feb 2010	7	6	4
Mar 2010	13	4	6
Apr 2010	7	5	1
May 2010	11	2	1
Jun 2010	10	2	4
Jul 2010	12	3	9
Aug 2010	8	0	4
Sep 2010	17	5	3
Oct 2010	23	4	3
Nov 2010	12	4	6
Dec 2010	6	5	2
Jan 2011	12	1	2
Feb 2011	14	2	1
Mar 2011	22	5	8
Apr 2011	16	0	1
May 2011	10	0	4
Jun 2011	6	3	3
Jul 2011	13	3	2
Aug 2011	14	3	3
Sep 2011	15	2	4
Oct 2011	11	1	1
Nov 2011	13	7	5
Dec 2011	10	11	7
Jan 2012	18	4	7
Feb 2012	11	5	11
Mar 2012	12	6	11
Apr 2012	8	13	13
May 2012	14	6	14
Jun 2012	8	9	10
Jul 2012	12	8	9
Aug 2012	17	5	4
Sep 2012	17	5	9
Oct 2012	18	11	18
Nov 2012	19	14	12
Dec 2012	13	11	13
Jan 2013	14	18	14
Feb 2013	23	13	10
Mar 2013	12	13	9
Apr 2013	18	16	10
May 2013	8	4	13
Jun 2013	12	3	8
Jul 2013	10	6	5
Aug 2013	6	0	3
Sep 2013	7	4	6
Oct 2013	37	4	10
Nov 2013	24	8	26
Dec 2013	18	6	14
Jan 2014	12	14	5
Feb 2014	25	17	9
Mar 2014	25	24	23
Apr 2014	23	19	22
May 2014	22	10	13
Jun 2014	26	9	14
Jul 2014	31	28	11
Aug 2014	18	14	9
Sep 2014	17	7	16
Oct 2014	13	4	4
Nov 2014	11	4	5
Dec 2014	10	3	2
Jan 2015	9	4	1
Feb 2015	13	4	5
Mar 2015	23	28	8
Apr 2015	9	0	2
May 2015	16	2	9
Jun 2015	13	6	1
Jul 2015	8	9	12
Aug 2015	7	11	4
Sep 2015	26	6	5
Oct 2015	11	5	1
Nov 2015	12	6	2
Dec 2015	13	7	2
Jan 2016	18	11	6
Feb 2016	18	6	3
Mar 2016	16	4	11
Apr 2016	13	7	5
May 2016	6	10	9
Jun 2016	17	10	16
Jul 2016	24	4	8
Aug 2016	10	3	3
Sep 2016	21	6	10
Oct 2016	19	7	9
Nov 2016	11	7	9
Dec 2016	20	6	5
Jan 2017	19	6	3
Feb 2017	7	7	1
Mar 2017	4	8	1
Apr 2017	1	17	5
May 2017	5	28	7
Jun 2017	6	12	3
Jul 2017	11	9	5
Aug 2017	6	5	0
Sep 2017	19	17	6
Oct 2017	6	6	2
Nov 2017	27	19	7
Dec 2017	10	10	0
Jan 2018	42	36	1
Feb 2018	18	12	3
Mar 2018	9	9	3
Apr 2018	19	15	0
May 2018	11	9	1
Jun 2018	10	10	1
Jul 2018	13	9	2
Aug 2018	6	6	4
Sep 2018	20	12	1
Oct 2018	13	13	2
Nov 2018	14	12	6
Dec 2018	17	15	0
Jan 2019	8	8	0
Feb 2019	21	20	4
Mar 2019	27	22	7
Apr 2019	20	19	8
May 2019	7	6	4
Jun 2019	9	8	9
Jul 2019	11	10	3
Aug 2019	6	6	4
Sep 2019	2	2	4
Oct 2019	10	9	7
Nov 2019	14	11	13
Dec 2019	21	21	2
Jan 2020	22	22	2
Feb 2020	13	12	2
Mar 2020	23	23	7
Apr 2020	19	19	6
May 2020	18	18	3
Jun 2020	8	8	1
Jul 2020	8	7	3
Aug 2020	12	8	4
Sep 2020	36	36	1
Oct 2020	27	24	9
Nov 2020	28	23	6
Dec 2020	30	28	5
Jan 2021	51	45	11
Feb 2021	62	61	12
Mar 2021	76	72	10
Apr 2021	62	60	5
May 2021	53	50	8
Jun 2021	49	48	5
Jul 2021	48	46	11
Aug 2021	53	50	11
Sep 2021	53	53	11
Oct 2021	75	72	28
Nov 2021	22	14	18
Dec 2021	43	39	4
Jan 2022	78	76	10
Feb 2022	71	70	9
Mar 2022	76	74	4
Apr 2022	76	77	11
May 2022	93	92	17
Jun 2022	62	57	6
Jul 2022	59	59	7
Aug 2022	58	58	5
Sep 2022	84	81	25
Oct 2022	103	101	12
Nov 2022	72	70	6
Dec 2022	65	63	7
Jan 2023	60	61	8
Feb 2023	65	66	6
Mar 2023	93	89	13
Apr 2023	57	56	5
May 2023	61	56	10
Jun 2023	84	84	7
Jul 2023	55	56	14
Aug 2023	79	78	6
Sep 2023	59	61	11
Oct 2023	83	83	7
Nov 2023	112	115	5
Dec 2023	112	109	8
Jan 2024	12	12	35
Feb 2024	61	58	11
Mar 2024	95	92	20
Apr 2024	96	91	11
May 2024	68	53	4
Jun 2024	77	4	0
Jul 2024	99	9	0
Aug 2024	74	3	2
Sep 2024	53	2	3
Total	7135	7066	2363

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