Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Pulm Pharmacol Ther · Aug 2018
Mishandling of pMDI and DPI inhalers in asthma and COPD - Repetitive and non-repetitive errors.
Pharmacological treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based mainly on inhaled medications. There is a continuous need to examine and train patients in their inhalation technique. The objective of the presented study is to determine whether the errors which patients made during inhalations are repetitive, and therefore easier to eradicate, or rather accidental, hence require more attention and effort from the health care professionals. ⋯ Improper inhalation technique is very common and the majority of errors made in inhalation technique are repetitive. This emphasizes the role of an ongoing verification and training of a proper inhalation technique in all patients that are regularly treated with inhalers.