Asthma medications are usually taken by breathing them in using an inhaler or nebulizer. This allows the medicine to go directly into your lungs. When you have a flare-up, quick-relief medicines are taken at the first sign of symptoms and can ease asthma symptoms within minutes. These types...
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 [18]. These cost data, together with the increasing prevalence of obstructive lung diseases...
Single inhaler extrafine triple therapy in uncontrolled asthma (TRIMARAN and TRIGGER): two double-blind, parallel-group, randomised, controlled phase 3 trials. Lancet. 2019;394(10210):1737-1749. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32215-9PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 44. Kerstjens HAM, Engel M...
65 The administration of salbutamol by metered dose inhaler with a spacer was more cost-effective and associated with fewer side effects than by nebulizer in young children (1–4 years) with moderate and severe acute asthma.66 In these patients, repeating the dose of β2-agonists at 20 ...
Asthma, Children, Rotahaler, Counselling, Video, Dry Power Inhaler, Impact.Suddapalli Sivaram Prasad
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Examples of validated measures for assessing clinical control of asthma include: • Asthma Control Test (ACT): www.asthmacontrol.com • Childhood Asthma Control test (C-Act) • Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ): www.qoltech.co.uk/Asthma1.htm • Asthma Therapy Assessment Questionnaire (A...
et al. Asthma-related health outcomes associated with short-acting β(2)-agonist inhaler use: an observational UK study as part of the SABINA Global Program. Adv. Ther. 37, 4190–4208 (2020). Article CAS Google Scholar Nwaru, B. I. et al. Overuse of short-acting β2-agonists in ...
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(11.4%). New inhalers were chosen mainly because of their ease of use (92.1%); the possibility of maintenance and reliever treatment with the same inhaler (83.2%); and the fact that no coordination was required in the inhalation technique (79.6%). Accordingly, when asked about the reasons...