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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Feb 17;23(3):315–322. doi: 10.1111/acem.12886

Table 2.

Values of PEP, %FEV1, %IOS and the AAIRS before treatment and after 2 hours of treatment

Measure Value [IQR]
Before treatment After treatment
PEP a 41 [34, 48] 38 [32, 43]
%IOS b 161 [124, 212] 127 [104, 159]
AAIRS c 5 [2, 7] 2 [0, 5]
%FEV1 d 47 [34, 66] 58 [42, 75]

Abbreviations: PEP, plethysmograph estimate of pulsus paradoxus; %FEV1, %-predicted forced expiratory volume in 1-second; %IOS, %-predicted airway resistance by impulse oscillometry; AAIRS, acute asthma intensity research score; IQR, interquartile range.

a

n = 632 before and n = 462 after treatment

b

n = 187 before and n = 140 after treatment

c

n = 684 before and n = 498 after treatment

d

n = 421 before and n = 320 after treatment