Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of 16 or less, which implies dementia, predicted errors in using inhalers.

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 ...

MIAMI (August 20, 2024) – Inhaler misuse leading to inadequate medication delivery impacts a person’s ability to manage symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and additional ...

A recent study found that teach-to-goal methods are more effective than brief interventions in metered-dose inhaler education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, ...

Spiriva (tiotropium bromide) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat COPD and asthma. The drug comes in an inhaler. It’s usually used once per day. Spiriva is a prescription drug that comes in two ...

The gold standard for teaching inhaler technique is an intervention called TTG, which combines assessment and education through rounds of demonstration and patient teach-back. Essentially, the patient ...

Misuse of soft mist inhalers (SMIs) is common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), particularly those with low education levels, higher symptom scores, and a shorter ...

There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to real-world ...

Drugs already used by millions to lower cholesterol might someday have a new role: Relieving asthma and COPD. That's the hope of a new line of research underway at the University of California, Davis.

The researchers evaluated budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol and fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol in preventing COPD exacerbations and pneumonia hospitalizations in real-world settings. They ...