Objective:To assess the frequency with which inhaler technique is assessed and reliably optimized before and during patient enrollment into randomized controlled trials (RCTs) addressing the efficacy of topical therapy, and the escalation of therapy for asthma and COPD. Methods:Systematic searches were ...
Could better inhalers help patients, and the planet? Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, sits in an exam room across from Joel Rubinstein, who has asthma. Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a checkup and hear a surprising ... May...
Posters 700 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM RESISTANCE AND BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSE IN SMALL CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT WHEEZING AND ASTHMA T. Stoeva, D. Christova, R. Mitrova, J. Uzunova University Hospital Lozenetz, Sofia, Bulgaria The interrupter technique is one of the few lung function tests that can be ...
Allen SC, Jain M, Ragab S, Malik N (2003) Acquisition and short-term retention of inhaler techniques require intact executive function in elderly subjects. Age Ageing 32:299–302 PubMed Google Scholar Armitage JM, Williams SJ (1988) Inhaler technique in the elderly. Age Ageing 17:275–278...
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) was established in 1993 by the World Health Organization and the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to improve asthma awareness, prevention and management worldwide. GINA develops and publishes evidence-based, annually updated resources for clinicians. ...
The societal and health-economic burden of poor inhaler technique is increasingly being recognised [10]. Worryingly, in three countries (the UK, Spain and Sweden) poor inhaler technique accounted for over €750 million in direct and indirect costs in 2015, for the two most commonly used DPIs ...
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) was established in 1993 by the World Health Organization and the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to improve asthma awareness, prevention and management worldwide. GINA develops and publishes evidence-bas
Asthma is a disease of the airways in the lung, leading to inflammation and spasm of the breathing tubes. This makes it difficult for the person affected with asthma to breathe properly and causes wheezing,coughingand shortness of breath. Asthma increases the sensitivity of the lungs to things...
Asthma and the Importance of Inhaler Technique Practitioner help from: Tegan Graetz Pharmacist 11 Conversation based on: Respiratory Tract Infections and Asthma " Kiril is a 51-year-old millwright " Respiratory Tract Infections and Asthma " Kiril is a 51-year-old millwright " ...
38 but this is not always the case as inhaler technique may be faulty despite training.39 Self-management education programmes may result in only small to moderate effects for selected chronic diseases,4 but may improve asthma control in patients compared with usual care.40 They can improve ...