Comparison of Cipla's Peak Flow Meter with Wright's Peak Flow Meter

18 Mar, 14

Peak Flow Meter (Cipla) Compared To Wright's Peak Flow Meter

Objective

To compare the Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) values obtained by peak flow meter (Peak Flow Master*, Cipla Ltd., India) with the Wright's peak flow meter (UK).

Patients and Methods

Randomized, open-label, four period, crossover study.
24 healthy and asthmatic subjects aged 18 years and above were included and were asked to perform 3 PEF maneuvers in two randomly picked Cipla's peak flow meters (CA and CB) and two randomly picked Wright's peak flow meters (WA and WB).
The sequence of the use of devices was randomized, and the highest PEF value obtained with each device was used to compare PEF values within and between the devices.

Results

Analysis in healthy and asthmatic subjects did not show significant differences in mean PEF values obtained between Cipla's peak flow meters and Wright's peak flow meters (4.37 ± 10.6 vs. 0.62 ± 12.3 L/min; both p values >0.05).
There were no differences in mean PEF values in the range of 300-500L/min and >500L/min between the two devices.
There were no mechanical problems faced during the entire study period for both the devices.

Conclusion

Cipla's peak flow meter is robust and shows PEF values that are comparable with the Wright's peak flow meter.

*Peak Flow Master is now known as Breathe-o-meter.

1310, presented at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Conference, 2006.

Related Topics

Peak Expiratory Flow