title: How to use pressurised metered dose inhalers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heslop
mesh_terms: 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