Asthma mortality in England and Wales is the Hodgkinson's mini mental test, 5 was the
bestpredictorofinabilitytouseametereddose slowly rising with about 2000 deaths per annum …

Inhalation therapy represents the standard of care in children, adolescents as well as in
young, middle‐aged and geriatric adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary …

The respiratory drugs that may be given by nebuliser include not only the 1B
sympathomimetic agonists and anticholinergics but also disodium cromoglycate,'surface …

Definition of chronic obstructive generally agreed that the bronchodilation ob-pulmonary
disease tained is largely a reflection of the dose of In this paper the term “chronic obstructive …

This study compared the relative ease of use of the metered dose inhaler, the FO2 Inhalator
and the Diskhaler by elderly subjects in a randomised cross over trial using placebo …

Editor—My parents, who are 92 and 86 and otherwise in excellent health, are both virtually
blind as a result of glaucoma detected too late. It is not their having the condition that …

A prospective study of inhaler technique using aerosol metered dose inhalers (MDIs),
Rotahalers and a breath-activated device (Aerolin Autohaler) was undertaken to assess how …

Nebulisers have been used for many years in Nebulised and intravenous agonist, either by
bolus injection or constant infusion, have asthmabut, despitethis, surveyshavesuggested …

BACKGROUND: Nebulised therapy is commonly used in the management of patients with
asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There are guidelines setting out …

There is some controversy amongst respiratory physicians over the value of domiciliary
nebuliser use for chronic lung conditions. Most recommendations for assessment of …