A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment between a Metered Dose Inhaler and Electric Nebulizer [PDF]
, 2017 Life cycle assessment (LCA) evaluates the environmental impact of a product based on the materials and processes used to manufacture the item as well as the item’s use and disposal.
Goulet, Brandon +2 more
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Time for a new language for asthma control : Results from REALISE Asia [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgments: This study was supported and funded by Mundipharma Pte Ltd. Online survey and statistical analysis were performed by Pei-Li Teh, Rachel Howard, Tsin-Li Chua, and Jie Sun of Research Partnership Pte Ltd.
Cho, Sang Heon +11 more
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Origanum vulgar inhaler in the treatment of chronic rhinosinositis, a double blind placebo controlled randomized clinical trial [PDF]
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2007 Background and purpose: Symptoms of chronic rhinisinositis (CRS) are cumbersome and refractory to most systemic medications and even after surgical intervention, the recurrence of symptoms are frequent.
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Combination fluticasone and salmeterol versus fixed dose combination budesonide and formoterol for chronic asthma in adults and children [PDF]
, 2008 BackgroundCombination therapies are frequently recommended as maintenance therapy for people with asthma, whose disease is not adequately controlled with inhaled steroids.
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Inhalation therapy in children
Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, 2014 Inhalation is a form of treatment used in respiratory diseases that allows medications to be administered directly to the affected site. Thanks to this, the administration of lower doses helps obtain a higher concentration in the target organ and ...
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Combination formoterol and inhaled steroid versus beta(2)-agonist as relief medication for chronic asthma in adults and children (Review) [PDF]
, 2009 Background Formoterol has a fast onset of action and can therefore be used to relieve symptoms of asthma. A combination inhaler can deliver formoterol with different doses of inhaled corticosteroid; when used as a reliever both drugs will be delivered ...
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Journal of General and Family Medicine, 2023 Background Drugs are a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from healthcare systems. Pressurized metered‐dose inhalers (pMDIs) have raised concerns over their environmental impact due to GHG emissions.
Kazuya Nagasaki +3 more
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Manifesto on small airway involvement and management in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Interasma (Global Asthma Association - GAA) and World Allergy Organization (WAO) document endorsed by Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) and Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) [PDF]
, 2016 Evidence that enables us to identify, assess, and access the small airways in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has led INTERASMA (Global Asthma Association) and WAO to take a position on the role of the small airways in these ...
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Patient-physician discordance in assessment of adherence to inhaled controller medication: a cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts [PDF]
, 2019 We aimed to compare patient's and physician's ratings of inhaled medication adherence and to identify predictors of patient-physician discordance.(SFRH/BPD/115169/2016) funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT); ERDF (European Regional ...
Afonso, Ivete +68 more
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Advances in Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Pharmaceutics, 2020 Pulmonary drug delivery represents an attractive, non-invasive administration option. In addition to locally acting drugs, molecules that are intended to produce systemic effects can be delivered via the pulmonary route.
Ayca Yıldız-Peköz, Carsten Ehrhardt
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