Einstein (São Paulo)Objective: To demonstrate the most frequent errors in inhalation technique in patients with asthma undergoing treatment at a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a convenience sample of asthma patients aged 18 years or over ...
Carlos Leonardo Carvalho Pessôa +7 more
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Formoterol versus short-acting beta-agonists as relief medication for adults and children with asthma [PDF]
, 2010 Background Formoterol is a long-acting beta(2)-agonist but because it has a fast onset of action it can also be used as a relief medication. Objectives To asses the efficacy and safety of formoterol as reliever therapy in comparison to short-acting ...
Cates, CJ, Welsh, EJ
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Characterization of a Human Powered Nebulizer Compressor for Resource Poor Settings [PDF]
, 2014 Background Respiratory disease accounts for three of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. Many of these diseases can be treated and diagnosed using a nebulizer. Nebulizers can also be used to safely and efficiently deliver vaccines.
Hallberg, Christopher J. +4 more
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Swirling flow and capillary diameter effect on the performance of an active dry powder inhalers
Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2023 For patients with lung disease, dry powder inhalers (DPI) are profoundly beneficial. The current study introduces and develops a series of dry powder inhalers (DPIs). A capsule-based (size 0) active DPI was considered.
Mohammad Hasan Taheri +6 more
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Inhaled steroids and risk of pneumonia for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are anti-inflammatory drugs that have proven benefits for people with worsening symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and repeated exacerbations.
Agarwal +163 more
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Cepharanthine Dry Powder Inhaler for the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
Molecules, 2023 Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) induces a severe cytokine storm that may cause acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) with high clinical morbidity and mortality in infected individuals. Cepharanthine
Di Liang +8 more
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Formulation pre-screening of inhalation powders using computational atom-atom systematic search method [PDF]
, 2014 This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.The synthonic modeling approach provides ...
Collins, Elizabeth +10 more
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Inhalable fucoidan microparticles combining two antitubercular drugs with potential application in pulmonary tuberculosis therapy [PDF]
, 2018 The pulmonary delivery of antitubercular drugs is a promising approach to treat lung tuberculosis. This strategy not only allows targeting the infected organ instantly, it can also reduce the systemic adverse effects of the antibiotics. In light of that,
Ana Grenha +7 more
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Evaluation of cariogenic potential of dry powder inhalers: A case-control study
Lung India, 2013 Objective: Dry powder inhalers (DPIs) are commonly employed in the management of asthma and other diseases with airway obstruction. A causal relationship of DPI use and occurrence of dental caries has been speculated.
Navneet Godara +3 more
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Pharmaceutical equivalence of the combination formulation of budesonide and formoterol in a single capsule with a dry powder inhaler [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pharmaceutical equivalence of a test formulation (fixed-dose combination of budesonide and formoterol fumarate in a single capsule dispensed in an Aerocaps® inhaler) in relation to a reference formulation (budesonide and ...
Andrade-lima, Marina +2 more
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