D.S. KOROSTOVTSEV, D.V. BREYKIN

Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, 2 Litovskaya St., Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation 194100

Korostovtsev D.S. — D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Allergy and Clinical Pharmacology of Postgraduate and Continuing Professional Education, tel. (812) 274-09-90, e-mail: dsk552@mail.ru

Breykin D.V. — Assistant Professor of the Department of Allergy and Clinical Pharmacology of the Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Professional Education, tel. +7-921-758-90-67, e-mail: breyd@mail.ru

This article reports results of a studyof peakexpiratory flow ratein3640healthy childrenand 272children with bronchial asthma of varying severity. The results are presentedonthe Europeanscale EN13826asthe centiletables.The absence of differences in peak expiratory flow rate between healthy children and children with asthma in remission was presented.

Key words: peak expiratory flow rate, children, standard, bronchial asthma, European scale.

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