How to use pressurised metered dose inhalers.
Karen Heslop outlines the reasons for using inhaled medicines with patients who have respiratory disorders, and the technique required to use metered dose inhalers. Part 2 will provide an update on other inhaler devices.
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Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne.
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D019985:Benchmarking; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D036501:Metered Dose Inhalers; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018579:Patient Selection; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy; D012646:Self Administration / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing