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Peak flow meter (health)


A portable, inexpensive, hand-held device used to measure how air flows from lungs in one "fast blast" to measure the ability to push air out of the lungs. Measurements with a peak flow meter help the patient and physician monitor your asthma. These measurements can be important and help your physician prescribe medicines to keep asthma in control.