Inhaler technique in asthma: how does it relate to patients' preferences and attitudes toward their inhalers? J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2017; 30(1):42-52.Jahedi L, Downie SR, Saini B, Chan HK, Bosnic-Anticevich S. Inhaler technique in asthma: how does it relate to patients' ...
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 [...
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we evaluated inhaler technique by observing patients' handling of the inhaler devices and using checklists for four inhaler types, namely Diskus ( n =52), pressure metered dose inhalers (pMDIs; n =41), Turbuhaler ( n =36) and Twisthaler ( n =16)....
Ninety percent of the patients had a faulty technique.#The majority of the patients had a faulty technique leading to poor control of the disease. Patients who are using inhaler medications should have their inhaler techniques checked frequently to obtain proper control of their disease.Wolters ...
In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma—the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma—researchers found that nearly half of participants demonstrated improper inhaler use, which means the
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Evaluation of inhaler technique, adherence to therapy and their effect on disease control among children with asthma using metered dose or dry powder inhal... Evaluation of inhaler technique,adherence to therapy and their effect on disease control among children with asthma using metered dose or ...
Every patient seen should have an assessment of their knowledge level (inhaler technique, peak flow meter technique, environmental triggers). A. True B. False Correct Answer A. True ExplanationIt is important to assess the knowledge level of every patient seen in order to provide appr...
摘要: Background: Our purpose was to test whether a tailored inhaler technique video intervention: (1) could be feasibly implemented by school nurses and (2) improve the inhaler technique of children with asthma.关键词:Asthma Children School nurses Medication Videos Metered dose inhaler ...
Difficult-to-treat asthma relates to modifiable factors such as poor adherence, incorrect inhaler technique, comorbidities or adverse exposures [1, 4]. After addressing modifiable factors, children whose disease remains poorly controlled on high doses of medication form a heterogeneous group considered ...