Asthma patients' inability to use a pressurised metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) correctly correlates with poor asthma control as defined by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) strategy: A retrospective analysis

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-411

  Levy, Mark L ^a   Hardwell, Alison ^b   McKnight, Eddie ^b   Holmes, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Services for Health Improvement (NSHI)   (United Kingdom)

^c Teva UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control; GINA; Inhaler technique; PMDI

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; STEROID;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ANDROSTADIENES; ASTHMA; BECLOMETHASONE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INHALATION SPACERS; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNADIENEDIOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888639007     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00084     Document Type: Article

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