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Inhalation characteristics of asthma patients, COPD patients and healthy volunteers with the Spiromax® and Turbuhaler® devices: a randomised, cross-over study. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Spiromax® is a novel dry-powder inhaler containing formulations of budesonide plus formoterol (BF). The device is intended to provide dose equivalence with enhanced user-friendliness compared to BF Turbuhaler® in asthma and chronic ...
Philip Chetcuti, Hosker, Harold, Chrystyn, Henry, Azouz, Wahida, Saralaya, Dinesh, Dinesh Saralaya, Chetcuti, Philip, Wahida Azouz, Henry Chrystyn, Harold Hosker   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Co‐Electrospinning Extracellular Matrix with Polycaprolactone Enables a Modular Approach to Balance Bioactivity and Mechanics of a Multifunctional Bone Wrap

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The incorporation of nondigested ECM and synthetic polymers into a co‐electrospinning system enables the decoupling of bioactivity and mechanical properties within a single wrap. This technique is used to develop a multifunctional bone wrap that achieves augmented membrane durability, sustained infection control, and enhanced vascularity for use in ...
Sarah Jones, Madeline Laude, Zeenat Oyebanji, Ruchi Birur, Andres Luengo Martinez, Isabelle Gilbert, Phillip Baek, Nichole Longbottom, Nicole McCullough, Staci J. Horn, Chien‐Yu Lin, Matthew J. Lohr, Fred Clubb, Manuel K. Rausch, Elizabeth Cosgriff‐Hernandez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of repeated education using live demonstrations and videos of how to use inhalation drugs on quality of life for COPD patients

Heliyon, 2021
Repeated education regarding the proper use of inhalers can reduce the error rate in inhaler-using patients and improve COPD patients’ quality of life.
Rani Sauriasari, Raiza Aulia Madani, Anna Rozaliyani, Dodi Sudiana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A method to assess adherence in inhaler use through analysis of acoustic recordings of inhaler events. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
RationalePoor adherence to inhaler use can be due to poor temporal and/or technique adherence. Up until now there has been no way of reliably tracking both these factors in everyday inhaler use.ObjectivesThis paper introduces a device developed to create
Shona D'Arcy, Elaine MacHale, Jansen Seheult, Martin S Holmes, Cian Hughes, Imran Sulaiman, Deirdre Hyland, Conor O'Reilly, Senan Glynn, Thekra Al-Zaabi, John McCourt, Terence Taylor, Frank Keane, Isabelle Killane, Richard B Reilly, Richard W Costello   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Turning Unpredictable Biomolecule Adsorption to Controlled Corona Formation: Focus on Carbon Nanomaterials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Controlling the protein corona formation onto carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) enhances their functionalities as platforms for cancer theranostics. Here, we reviewed the effects of the intrinsic and acquired properties of CNMs on protein corona formation, the consequent biological and toxicological outcomes, and the strategies to reshape corona formation ...
Yajuan Zou, Yalei Hu, Jie Yu, Naoki Komatsu, Yuta Nishina, Alberto Bianco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hands-on Education to Increase Comfort and Knowledge Utilizing In-Check Inhaler Training Device in Medical Trainees

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Introduction Correct inhaler technique is of utmost importance in the optimal delivery of therapeutics utilized for respiratory illnesses. Previous research suggests that the ability of both patients and providers to correctly use these inhalers is sub ...
Robert Strother MD, Nathaniel E. Miller MD, Audrey Umbreit PharmD, Maddie Lee PharmD, Julia Smoak PharmD, Danielle Firkus PharmD, Amanda Davis PharmD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical inhaler technique errors in Swedish patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study analysing video-recorded demonstrations

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2021
A correct use of inhaler devices is essential in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment. Critical errors were studied by analysing 659 video-recorded demonstrations of inhaler technique from 364 COPD patients using six different inhaler ...
Johanna Sulku, Kristina Bröms, Marieann Högman, Christer Janson, Karin Lisspers, Andrei Malinovschi, Håkan Melhus, Björn Ställberg, Elisabet I. Nielsen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydrogel‐Based Airway‐on‐Tube With Perfusable Endothelial Lumen and Outward Epithelialization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel‐based airway‐on‐tube platform featuring a perfusable endothelial lumen and outward epithelialization is presented. The system supports primary human bronchial epithelial and lung microvascular endothelial coculture under air‐liquid interface conditions.
Ali Doryab, Jack F. Murphy, Michael Bartolf‐Kopp, Jenny C‐C Hsin, Alice Chernaik, Frank McCaughan, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Tomasz Jungst, Jürgen Groll   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status of metered dose inhaler technique among patients with asthma and its effect on asthma control in Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective In Asthma management, poor handling of inhalation devices and wrong inhalation technique are associated with decreased medication delivery and poor disease control.
Melles Mebrahtom, Nebiyu Mesfin, Hailay Gebreyesus, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source