Purpose: To estimate the peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) for pediatric aged patient using physical characteristics.				Citations with documentation. 08.01.06	Medal Project 2004. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
body weight in pounds		lbs equals	0		kg
body height in feet and		feet and
with residual height in inches		inches equals	0		cm
data	enter
Are you trying to estimate a pediatric patient's peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years of age
gender of the patient (enter M or F)		:-):-):-)				2
height of the patient in cm		cm
enter an "x" in the appropriate column to indicate the patient's race (give only 1 answer)
	Black	Hispanic	White	Other
race of the patient					Yes	3
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
PEFR estimate
data of Voter	360.8	L/min or	6.0	L/sec
Weng and Levinson	356.0	L/min or	5.9	L/sec
Nairn et al	362.5	L/min or	6.0	L/sec
Robinson	NA	L/min or	NA	L/sec
Cotes	351.3	L/min or	5.9	L/sec
Polger and Promadhat	360.8	L/min or	6.0	L/sec
Godfrey	370.4	L/min or	6.2	L/sec
Rosenthal	298.2	L/min or	5.0	L/sec
Murray and Cook	375.0	L/min or	6.3	L/sec
Hsu	375.5	L/min or	6.3	L/sec
DeMuth et al	269.2	L/min or	4.5	L/sec
data for Hsu