Empowering Family Physicians to Impart Proper Inhaler Teaching to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma depend on inhalers for management, but critical errors committed during inhaler use can limit drug effectiveness. Outpatient education in inhaler technique remains inconsistent due to limited resources and inadequate p...

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Main Authors: Janice M Leung, Mohit Bhutani, Richard Leigh, Dan Pelletier, Cathy Good, Don D Sin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/731357
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spelling doaj-art-a1fab5aa7874404693a4653b0748dde12025-02-03T01:21:27ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412015-01-0122526627010.1155/2015/731357Empowering Family Physicians to Impart Proper Inhaler Teaching to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and AsthmaJanice M Leung0Mohit Bhutani1Richard Leigh2Dan Pelletier3Cathy Good4Don D Sin5Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaAstraZeneca Canada Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaGoodInnovations, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCentre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma depend on inhalers for management, but critical errors committed during inhaler use can limit drug effectiveness. Outpatient education in inhaler technique remains inconsistent due to limited resources and inadequate provider knowledge.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/731357
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Empowering Family Physicians to Impart Proper Inhaler Teaching to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Empowering Family Physicians to Impart Proper Inhaler Teaching to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
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title_short Empowering Family Physicians to Impart Proper Inhaler Teaching to Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
title_sort empowering family physicians to impart proper inhaler teaching to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
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