Struggling with your asthma medicine? An asthma inhaler works most effectively if you deliver your medication slowly, so this is where a spacer device can be useful to help you achieve this goal. Many ...
The British Thoracic Society and Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network recommend that children up to the age of five should use a pressurised metered dose inhaler with a spacer device to deliver ...
Lung deposition of radiolabeled Ventoline (chlorofluorocarbon salbutamol, GlaxoSmithKline) pressurized metered-dose inhaler administered via the three spacer devices was measured in an animal “infant” ...
We tested whether health practitioners correctly used MDI-spacer devices. Of 122 subjects, 89% had instructed a patient on using a spacer. Whilst performance with the Aerochamber was the best, only 3% ...
This month’s Pharmacology Consult, related to this month’s special focus on Asthma and Allergy in the Office, discusses the use of asthma drug delivery and delivery devices. In addition to the ...
Research suggests that for most asthma attacks, a largish plastic bubble called a spacer is as good at relieving the attack as a nebuliser - and it's simpler, faster, cheaper, and perhaps safer. Yes, ...
More than one million children in the UK have asthma. Those who use spacers with their inhalers have a better chance of getting an effective drug dose. Abstract Drawing on literature searches and ...
VertiFlex gained a PMA approval for its Superion Interspinous Spacer System to treat spinal stenosis. The device is designed to be the least invasive, motion-preserving spinal spacer device. The ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — An interspinous device designed to treat patients with lumbar spinal stenosis implanted using a ...