Teaching Time for Metered-Dose Inhalers in the Emergency Setting
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Teaching time for metered-dose inhalers in the emergency setting.
OBJECTIVES In some acute-care settings, practitioners are reluctant to institute bronchodilator therapy with metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) as standard management. Such therapy requires that personnel ensure optimal use of these devices. We prospectively evaluated the time required to teach patients correct inhaler use for the emergency treatment of asthma and COPD, and patient factors associated...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.498