Inhaler mishandling remains common in real life and is associated with reduced disease control
Andrea S. Melani,Marco Bonavia,Vincenzo Cilenti,Cristina Cinti,Marco Lodi,Paola Martucci,Maria Serra,Nicola Scichilone,Piersante Sestini,Maria Aliani,Margherita Neri +10 more
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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.About:
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.read more
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Optimizing inhalation therapy in the aspect of peak inhalation flow rate in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aimed at optimizing inhalation therapy through the analysis of peak inhalation flow rate (PIFR) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma as well as the effect of technique training using In-Check DIAL®.
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Counseling patients on correct drug handling in German community pharmacies: experiences and opinions of pharmaceutical staff.
TL;DR: Reduced awareness for handling errors made at repeated use and at administration of certain dosage forms may affect the safety and success of medication therapy.
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Is the Inhaler Technique Associated with Asthma Control
Victoria Garcia-Cardenas,Daniel Sabater-Hernández,María José Faus,Fernando Martínez-Martínez,Shalom I. Benrimoj +4 more
TL;DR: A subanalysis of the data collected in the AFasma study to evaluate the effectiveness of a pharmaceutical intervention on the control of asthmatic patients found an association between asthma control and inhaler technique, but when more restrictive criteria were used no relationship was observed.
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What drives inhaler prescription for asthma patients? Results from a real-life retrospective analysis
Federico Lavorini,A. Bianco,Francesco Blasi,Fulvio Braido,Angelo Corsico,F. Di Marco,A. Gentile,Pierluigi Paggiaro,V. Pegoraro,Girolamo Pelaia,Paola Rogliani,Pierachille Santus,Nicola Scichilone,A. Soldi,G.W. Canonica +14 more
TL;DR: Prescription of a particular inhaler device was unrelated to the characteristics of the patients and may reflect a lack of confidence in existing inhaler devices and underlines the need for technologies, which are more reliable and easier to use by patients.
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Novel methodology to characterise how asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients use their inhalers and methods to improve their inhaler technique Objective assessment of how patients use inhalers
TL;DR: Inhaled administration is the mainstay of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management using either a pressurised metered dose inhaler (pMDI) or a dry powder inhalers (DPI), which suggest more efficient de-aggregation of the formulation.
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