Managing the Logbook
Adding new events
in the main Logbook view: the buttons
and fields in the Event Panel
will become active and the rest of the Logbook view
will be disabled.
The Date/Time will be preset to the current date and time and the Period will be preset, based on the User Settings configuration and the time. When adding an event for a different date and time, set the correct date and time and then click the black diamond button to recalculate the period.
Add whatever data is required
for the event, and leave the rest blank.
Peak flow test: the peak flow reading. The
unit is preset with the default from in User Settings. The
peak flow level indicator is a graphical view of the peak
flow value compared to the peak flow level limits from User
Settings.
Administered: record the inhalers and
medicine used.
Fields 'A' and 'B' are usually used for recording inhaler,
specifically to help separate preventer and reliever
inhalers, but can easiliy be used to record medicines too.
The lists for 'A' and 'B' are ordered: inhalers first,
followed by medicines.
Field 'C' is usually used for recording medicine, but can
easiliy be used to record inhaler too. The list for 'C' is
ordered: medicines first, followed by inhalers.
In the reports the 'A', 'B' and 'C' inhalers/medicines are
distiguished by different text colours. Use User Settings
to manage the list of inhalers and medicines.
Health: Record health related data such as
is measured at home or at the clinic.
Track how you feel about your breathing and general state
of health. These will then be plotted as bar charts against
the Peak Flow events in the graph report.
In reports the weight and height can be converted into Body
Mass Index, BMI (Kg/m²): if only weight is recorded in the
event, when the report is created it will remember the
latest height data that it has found in the requested date
range and apply that height with the current event's weight
data to calculate the BMI.
Note:
Note also that the BMI ranges for adults do not apply to children, for instance the US has published 'percentile' growth charts here that are applicable for its children.
BMI can be a useful indicator of health, and it is provided for information purposes only: further non-authoritive information can be search for using Google and BMI calculators advice are available such as the US CDC site here. Use of the BMI should be done with the advice of your health team.
Discard Changes: discard the new event (or discard changes to an existing event).
Save Event: save the new or modified event.
Deleting events
Select one or more events in
the Logbook Table then click the Delete button 
. Before deleting the events, a
confirmation dialog will be displayed.
Viewing and Editing existing events
Clicking the Edit button
, or double-clicking the event, will
then let the event be modified, see 'Adding new
events' above for details of the different event data
fields.
Clicking the Duplicate button
will enable a new event to be created,
pre-loaded with the values of the selected event. The
new event is only created when 'Save Event' is
clicked: no event is created is the 'Discard Changes'
button is clicked. See 'Adding new events' above for
details of how to add events