Open Access<p>Critical Error Frequency and the Impact of Training with Inhalers Commonly used for Maintenance Treatment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease</p>
Author(s) -
David Collier,
Pascal Wielders,
Job van der Palen,
Logan Heyes,
Dawn Midwinter,
Kathryn Collison,
Andrew Preece,
Neil Barnes,
Raj Kumar Sharma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s224209
Subject(s) - lama , medicine , inhaler , dry powder inhaler , clinical endpoint , corticosteroid , logistic regression , indacaterol , copd , tiotropium bromide , pulmonary disease , anesthesia , odds ratio , muscarinic antagonist , bronchodilator , asthma , clinical trial , antagonist , lung function , lung , receptor
Training in correct inhaler use, ideally in person or by video demonstration, can minimize errors but is rarely provided in clinics. This open-label, low-intervention study evaluated critical error rates with dry-powder inhalers (DPIs), before and after training, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.