Dr. Miguel Divo, a lung specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sits in an exam room, across from one of his patients with asthma. Joel Rubinstein, a retired psychiatrist, is about to get a ...
A rescue inhaler helps to expand a person’s airways during an asthma attack. Rescue inhalers dispense a type of medication called a bronchodilator, which expands (dilates) the airways, known as ...
Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use. If you ...
It was the respiratory therapist (RT) in charge of smoking cessation who first showed me a peak inspiratory flow meter with known resistance (PIFr). Dry-powder inhalers require inspiratory force for ...
Approximately two thirds of hospitalized adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) received suboptimal treatment with inhalers, mainly resulting from errors, based on data from 96 ...
New research from UCLA Health suggests that certain inhalers used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not only less harmful to the environment but can also lead to slightly ...
Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-coloured inhaler (or “puffer”). This kind of “rescue inhaler” brings quick relief ...
New research from UCLA Health suggests that certain inhalers used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not only less harmful to the environment but can also lead to slightly ...
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