My 17 yr old son has decided he might be asthmatic so took himself along to the docs and now has to do the usual one month diagnostic peak flows. He has been given a vitalograph meter. I have tried looking up on the internet to find average normal recordings but can't find specific vitalograph ones. Does this meter give similar reading to the normal EU peak fllow meter or lower? I tried doing it this morning and got 50 less than my pf 3hrs ago on my EU meter.
Vitalograph meter: My 17 yr old son has... - Asthma Community ...
Vitalograph meter
Written by
yaf_user681_26410
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
1 Reply
•
I have a vitalograph meter it goes by the EU scale so i dont know why you would get different reading than your normal peak flow meter!
this site is good if you would like to calculate what your sons predicted peak flow should be
peakflow.com/top_nav/normal...
theres also an on screen converter to show the difference between the old values and new.
I think all meters now use the EU scal unless you have a meter that was made before 2004 when the new values started to be used.
hope this helps
clare
Not what you're looking for?
You may also like...
Feelings about FeNo testing
asthma) should be using FeNo meters at home the way we use peak flow meters at present. I have...
New to biologics - don't feel particularly well.
probably have gone to hospital as peak flow dropped drastically to 55% of normal but it was the...
Peak flow higher in the evening
My GP has requested we keep a peak flow diary for my 8 year old son as she is quering he has asthma
\"normal\" FEV1 and PF, and Small Airway Inflammation
My peak flow and my FEV1 are higher than the predicted, even when I get sick (for me <700 on the PF...
Peak Flow doesn't always drop despite being symptomatic.
consultant has acknowledged that you can have an asthma attack and your peak flow remains normal....