Quality of life measurements and bronchodilator responsiveness in prescribing nebulizer therapy in COPD

C Brophy, JA Kastelik, E Gardiner… - Chronic respiratory …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
quality of life-related measurements can assist in determining the requirement for nebulized
bronchodilator therapy … spacer) and high dose (nebulized 500 mcg ipratropium bromide and …

Home nebulized therapy for patients with COPD: patient compliance with treatment and its relation to quality of life

ZM Corden, CM Bosley, PJ Rees, GML Cochrane - Chest, 1997 - Elsevier
… and the impact on their quality of life, we would expect percent … was not related to quality of
life measurements at the start of … patient's subsequent use of the nebulizer. This contrasts with …

Comparing COPD treatment: nebulizer, metered dose inhaler, and concomitant therapy

DP Tashkin, GL Klein, SS Colman, H Zayed… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… The primary outcome variable was quality of life measured by … Score and other efficacy
measurements (home morning and … Daily peak flow measurements and patient symptoms were …

Predictors of patient adherence to long-term home nebulizer therapy for COPD

J Turner, E Wright, L Mendella, N Anthonisen - Chest, 1995 - Elsevier
… The larger discrepancies between measured and reported nebulizer use in nonadherent
subjects indicate that these subjects were far more likely to exaggerate their degree of …

[HTML][HTML] Maintenance therapy with nebulizers in patients with stable COPD: need for reevaluation

PD Terry, R Dhand - Pulmonary Therapy, 2020 - Springer
… regular (maintenance) treatment with inhalers versus nebulizers. Outcome measures of
interest included lung function, quality of life, patients’ device preferences, and satisfaction with …

Effects of budesonide inhalation suspension compared with cromolyn sodium nebulizer solution on health status and caregiver quality of life in childhood asthma

KR Murphy, S Fitzpatrick, M Cruz-Rivera, CJ Miller… - …, 2003 - publications.aap.org
… greater effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids versus cromolyn sodium on several clinical
measures of efficacy. Measures of asthma control in this study, reported in detail elsewhere […

A long-term study of symptoms, spirometry and survival amongst home nebulizer users

BR O'driscoll, A Bernstein - Respiratory medicine, 1996 - Elsevier
… , and FVC were still higher than pre-nebulizer baseline measurements after 36 months of …
from each nebulized treatment. The morning peak flow response to nebulized treatment was …

The role of nebulized therapy in the management of COPD: evidence and recommendations

R Dhand, M Dolovich, B Chipps… - COPD: Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… with nebulized therapy, we recommend that maintenance therapy with nebulizers should be
… (p ≤ 0.05) in both nebulizer groups, but health-related quality of life, measured with the St. …

Treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis refractory to other treatments with topical antibiotic therapy delivered by means of a large-particle nebulizer: results of a controlled …

MY Desrosiers, M Salas-Prato - Otolaryngology—Head and …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
… rhinosinusitis refractory to medical and surgical therapy. … nebulizer apparatus for 4 weeks,
followed by a 4-week observation period. Outcome measures of symptoms, quality of life, and …

Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of nebulized therapy for COPD: patient and caregiver perspectives

A Sharafkhaneh, RA Wolf, S Goodnight… - COPD: Journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
… The survey predetermined that a sample size of 400 patients and 400 caregivers would
provide sufficient data to determine their perceptions and attitudes towards nebulized therapy. …