Maximum expiratory gas flow Respiratory system airway by Peak flow meter   19935-6

LOINC Code


LOINC code19935-6
nameMaximum expiratory gas flow Respiratory system airway by Peak flow meter
descriptionMaximum flow rate with maximum exhalng effort. The peak flow meter is an in expensive device that patients can use to track the changes in their asthma.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentExpiratory gas flow.max
propertyVRat  =  Volume Rate
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemRespiratory system.airway
scaleQn  =  Quantitative:  The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256
methodPeak flow meter

Additional Names

short namePEF Airway PFM

Basic Attributes

classPULM
type2  Clinical
example UCUM unitsL/min
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org)
example unitL/min

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

Member of these Panels

55403-0Asthma tracking panel
43145-2Peak flow meter device panel

History/Usage

test rank7424 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Breathing
Dynamic
Flow
Gases
Largest
Lung
Lungs
Maximal
Maximum
Peak
Peak expiratory flow
PEF
PFM
Point in time
Pulmonary
Pulmonology
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Respiratory
RS
Volume rate
vRate

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