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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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Brief Education Improves Proper Metered-Dose Inhaler Use

TL;DR: This study demonstrated both that ED personnel had poor initial knowledge about MDI techniques and that a brief educational intervention improved most people's ability to use, and presumably to instruct patients/parents in proper use of, MDIs.
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Maximizing the benefits of inhaled therapy

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- 01 Dec 2013 - 
TL;DR: An overview of the inhaler devices that are currently available is provided and simple techniques to help patients get the most out of inhaled therapy are discussed.
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Impact of Sex on Proper Use of Inhaler Devices in Asthma and COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper , a pairwise meta-analysis was performed on studies enrolling adult males and females with asthma or COPD and reporting data of patients making at least one error by inhaler device type (DPI, MDI, and SMI).
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Knowledge and practice of the Global Initiative for Asthma report among community pharmacists in a Nigerian State.

TL;DR: Community pharmacists in Enugu State, Nigeria had poor knowledge of asthma and demonstrated poor practice of the GINA report, according to a cross-sectional survey conducted among community pharmacists.
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Self-Reported Overall Adherence and Correct Inhalation Technique Discordance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Population

TL;DR: Optimal OA and nonoptimal A-ApplT are understood as two separate constructs with an overlap, and those associated with both adherence domains are sometimes associated inversely.
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Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows

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Evaluation of Clinical Methods for Rating Dyspnea

TL;DR: The results show that the BDI, MRC scale, and OCD provide significantly related measures of Dyspnea, and the clinical ratings of dyspnea correlate significantly with physiologic parameters of lung function; and breathlessness may be related to the pathophysiology of the specific respiratory disease.
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Misuse of corticosteroid metered-dose inhaler is associated with decreased asthma stability

TL;DR: Misuse of pressurized metered-dose inhalers, which is mainly due to poor coordination, is frequent and associated with poorer asthma control in inhaled corticosteroid-treated asthmatics, highlighting the importance of evaluating inhalation technique and providing appropriate education in all patients.
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