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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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Influence of particle size and patient dosing technique on lung deposition of HFA-beclomethasone from a metered dose inhaler.

TL;DR: The breath-activated Autohaler automatically provided optimal BDP lung deposition of 60% and the degree of lung deposition was decreased as patients demonstrated poor inhaler technique, however patients with poor technique still received a large lung dose of BDP.
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Misuse of inhaled bronchodilator agents.

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TL;DR: The use and effect of inhaled bronchodilators in out-patients routinely attending a chest department and since the recently developed pressurized aerosols are expensive is examined.
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The potential of a 2Tone Trainer to help patients use their metered-dose inhalers.

TL;DR: The 2T helps patients to maintain the recommended MDI technique posttraining with improvements in AQLQ score.
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Patient perception and acceptability of multidose dry powder inhalers: a randomized crossover comparison of Diskus/Accuhaler with Turbuhaler.

TL;DR: Overall 60% of patients thought the Diskus/Accuhaler was preferable to the Turbuhaler, and the main reasons given were presence of a dose counter, perceived ease of use including ease of learning to use, design, and attached cover.
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Lung deposition of budesonide from a pressurized metered-dose inhaler attached to a spacer

TL;DR: The small discrepancy between the systemic availability and pulmonary deposition indicates that the contribution from deposition in the oropharynx and subsequent absorption from the gastrointestinal tract is negligible, and the performance of a pressurized metered-dose inhaler is very much dependent on proper handling.
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