Metered- Dose Inhaler
Asthma control in patients receiving inhaled corticosteroid and long acting beta2 agonist fixed combinations A real life study comparing dry powder inhalers and a pressurized metered dose inhaler extrafine formulation
... Results: 111 patients were analyzed: 53 (47.7%) received maintenance therapy of extrafine beclomethasone- formoterol (BDP/F) pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI), 25 (22.5%) fluticasone-salmeterol ...
8
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF RACEMIC SALBUTAMOL AND LEVOSALBUTAMOL IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
... FVC, PEFR and heart rate were recorded during the first study visit (0 week). After obtaining baseline data group A and group B subjects were given racemic salbutamol 200 μg and levosalbutamol 100 μg respectively via ...
8
Does device matter for inhaled therapies in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? A comparative trial of two devices
... to inhaler sequence; starting with Accuhaler or metered dose inhaler and spacer ...allocated inhaler device even after adjusting for baseline lung function or inhaler ...
6
Status of metered dose inhaler technique among patients with asthma and its effect on asthma control in Northwest Ethiopia
... Data was collected from the patients and the medical record charts of patients diagnosed with Asthma using structured data collection format. Data entry was made using EPI data and analyzed using SPSS software ver- sion ...
6
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of inhaler devices used in the routine management of chronic asthma in older children: a systematic review and economic evaluation
... of inhaler devices for delivering β 2 ...between inhaler devices, but a pressurised metered dose inhaler with a spacer would appear to be more effective than one ...in metered ...
175
Improved Metered Dose Inhaler Technique When a Coordination Cap Is Used
... The set of measurements using the MDI alone showed that only two (2.8%) of the patients used a slow inhalation flow with good coordination, consistent with previous observa- tions. (7) With the coordination cap fitted ...
7
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF RACEMIC SALBUTAMOL AND LEVOSALBUTAMOL IN PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA
... FVC, PEFR and heart rate were recorded during the first study visit (0 week). After obtaining baseline data group A and group B subjects were given racemic salbutamol 200 μg and levosalbutamol 100 μg respectively via ...
8
IMPACT OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON ASTHMA KNOWLEDGE AND METERED DOSE INHALER TECHNIQUE AMONG NURSING STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF NURSING, BENGALURU
... of metered-dose ...the metered-dose inhaler device ...and metered-dose inhaler ...of inhaler technique using pMDI (pressurized metered-dose ...
6
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF STABILITY INDICATING RP HPLC METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF FORMOTEROL FUMARATE AND BUDESONIDE IN METERED DOSE INHALER FORMULATION
... To develop a suitable HPLC method for analysis of the drugs in pharmaceutical formulation, in the beginning various tests were carried out to select the optimum conditions. After many number of trials various proportions ...
14
Bronchodilator delivery with metered dose inhaler during mechanical ventilation
... decreased compared with that in ambulatory patients. These findings are in accordance with those of Duarte et al [25 • ], who showed that the relative systemic bioavailability of albuterol as measured by serum level was ...
8
Comparative toxicity assessment between generic salbutamol sulphate inhaler containing hydrofluoroalkane and Ventolin Evohaler
... that metered dose salbutamol inhalers using hydrofluoro- alkane were comparable in terms of efficacy and safety to existing salbutamol inhalers using chlorofluorocarbon as the propellant ...pressurized, ...
5
Comparison of Salbutamol Administration by Metered- Dose Inhaler and Spacer with Nebuliser in Adults with Acute Asthma
... salbutamol (2.5mg ) in 2.5 ml of NS via nebuliser. A face mask was used. The time of nebulisation was nearly 5 minutes and nebulisation was stopped when no suspension was found in the container .The patients in the ...
122
Exploring the asthma interventions of rural pharmacies : pharmacist experiences and the HAPA model : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of for the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
... questionnaires were used to assess outcomes. Parents who were in education groups had an immediate increase in their asthma knowledge, and this increase was sustained, or increased even further, over the following 12 ...
129
A Method to Assess Adherence in Inhaler Use through Analysis of Acoustic Recordings of Inhaler Events
... The frequency of all errors and individual errors are presented in Figure 6. In total 599 (8%) of total inhaler events (n = 7391) were classed as containing at least one technique error. Blowing into the device ...
11
Quantitative accoustic analysis of inhaler sounds for the objective assessment of inhaler adherence in patients with chronic respiratory diseases
... the# inhaler# inhalation# sounds# have# power# at# frequencies# up# to# 20# ...acoustic# inhaler# monitoring# devices.# Noise# interferences# in# inhaler# ...
301
Development of audio based signal processing methods to objectively assess patient adherence in respiratory medicine
... used inhaler device worldwide and generates high dose consistency, there are some major disadvantages in terms of using pMDIs in clinical ...the inhaler canister to receive medication; therefore, ...
273
OPTIMISATION OF SALBUTAMOL SUSPENSION AS METERED DOSE INHALATION (MDI) AND COMPARISON WITH A MARKETED MDI SUSPENSION
... Metered Dose Inhalations (MDI) are fine dispersions of solid particles in gas packed in pressurized ...a metered valve in a prefixed volume from a volatile ...
13
STUDENTS CORNER ORIGINAL ARTICLE Assessment of inhalation technique among patients of chronic respiratory disorders in Civil Hospital Karachi: A cross sectional study
... Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Civil Hospital, Karachi, from December 2013 to July 2014, and comprised patients diagnosed with obstructive broncho-pulmonary diseases and who were using ...
5
Novel metered aerosol valve
... The metered valve was inserted into a standard aerosol can and was filled with 150 ml of distilled water and compressed with air to a pressure of 12 bar ...
17
Duration of salmeterol induced bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a prospective clinical study
... optimal dose of inhaled β2-agonists in mechanically ventilated COPD patients has not been established clearly and based on the finding that aerosol deposition in mechanically ventilated patients is substantially ...
7