The Role of Cognitive Impairment in the Use of the Diskus Inhaler

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-393

  Fraser, Malcolm ^a   Patel, Meenakshi ^b   Norkus, Edward Paul ^c   Whittington, Cyndi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Valley Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; COPD; Diskus; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISKUS EVALUATION RATING SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POWDER INHALER; RATING SCALE;

EID: 84860335370     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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