Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung condition characterized by loss of lung elasticity, which leads to dysfunctional gaseous exchange. COPD is the third leading cause of ...

Many asthma patients are not trained adequately to inhale from asthma inhaler devices. This is a problem that can be both serious and expensive considering some 5,000 people visit the emergency room ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were trained on appropriate inhaler use and who were checked on their use were significantly more likely to be adherent, study found.

These new findings may help shape both the design and the use of an educational intervention on technology-based inhaler techniques for patients with pediatric asthma. These results were the product ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, a high proportion of patients with COPD used their pressurized metered dose inhalers incorrectly ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One-time training sessions only provide temporary improvements in technique. Digital technologies may help ...

Many of us have never been properly trained on how to do or use certain things we really should be good at. Putting on condoms and installing infant car seats are just two skills that come to mind; ...

Unless they have been taught how to use their dry-powder inhalers, patients may not be getting any medication, a German pulmonologist reports. Siegfried Wieshammer, MD, studied 224 consecutive asthma ...

The specific attributes of inhaler devices can influence patient use, satisfaction and treatment compliance, and may ultimately impact on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive ...

MADRID — For patients whose asthma is not well controlled, the addition of a long-acting muscarinic antagonist to the two-drug combination of an inhaled corticosteroid and a long-acting beta2 agonist ...

CARSON CITY — Supporters of a bill requiring schools to keep albuterol inhalers on campuses in case a student has an asthma attack were taken aback Monday by hefty cost estimates put forward by school ...