Patients with stable COPD rely heavily on inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids to
control symptoms, maximize quality of life, and avoid exacerbations and costly …

Current guidelines recommend inhalation therapy as the preferred route of drug
administration for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Previous …

Study objectives To assess compliance with home nebulized therapy in patients with COPD.
Design Patients' home nebulizers were replaced with nebulizers that recorded the date and …

A variety of inhaler devices are available for delivering treatments to patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, and new inhalers are currently being developed. Each type …

Although existing evidence confirms that no pharmacologic agent ameliorates the decline in
the lung function or changes the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Abstract The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) was formed in
the late 1990s to spread awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a …

The difficulty of assessing nebulizer responses in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) has been demonstrated before. This study aims to re-examine both the role of …

Current guidelines recommend inhalation therapy as the preferred route of drug
administration for treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Nebulized bronchodilators are widely regarded as the optimal treatment for maintenance
therapy in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of …

PURPOSE: Patients using albuterol and ipratropium for treating chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) can use either nebulizers or metered dose inhalers. This study …