Misuse of respiratory inhalers in hospitalized patients with asthma orCOPD

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 635-642

  Press, Valerie G ^a   Arora, Vineet M ^a   Shah, Lisa M ^b   Lewis, Stephanie L ^c   Ivy, Krystal ^c   Charbeneau, Jeffery ^c   Badlani, Sameer ^a,d   Naurekas, Edward ^c   Mazurek, Antoinette ^c   Krishnan, Jerry A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Avalere Health LLC   (United States)

^c University of Chicago   (United States)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; chronic disease; health literacy; hospital medicine; pulmonary disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METERED DOSE INHALER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SELF CARE;

EID: 79958247396     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1624-2     Document Type: Article

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