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Inhaler mishandling remains common in real life and is associated with reduced disease control

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In this paper, the authors investigated the prevalence of inhaler mishandling in a large population of experienced patients referring to chest clinics; to analyze the variables associated with misuse and the relationship between inhaler handling and health-care resources use and disease control.
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This article is published in Respiratory Medicine.The article was published on 2011-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 681 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dry-powder inhaler & Inhaler.

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Handling of Diskus Dry Powder Inhaler in Chinese Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

TL;DR: Evaluated in detail the handling errors related to the Diskus device, and elucidate the importance of educating COPD patients on the proper use of the device to evaluate the handling error rate.
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Influence of Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroids and Inhaler Handling Errors on Asthma Control in a Japanese Population

TL;DR: Adherence, handling errors, and total number of inhalations per day were significantly different between the asthma-controlled group and the uncontrolled group.
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Treating According to Asthma Control: Does it Work in Real Life?

TL;DR: Control-based asthma management has been incorporated in asthma guidelines for many years, the evidence for its utility in adults is reviewed, its strengths and limitations in real life are described, and areas for further research are proposed.
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Non adherence to inhalational medications and associated factors among patients with asthma in a referral hospital in Ethiopia, using validated tool TAI

TL;DR: Self-reported non- adherence level, lack of education about the Proper use of inhalational anti-asthmatics medications, poly pharmacy and co-morbidities were statistically significant factors associated with non-adherence.
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