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Whether educate patients on pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) technique at community pharmacy improves patients’ asthma control Introduction Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, which requires treatment using bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. Inhalation route is the most direct and efficient way to deliver high amount of drugs to the airways with least systematic side effects. Improper use of the inhaler device is one of the most common reasons for poor asthma

Synthesis of results We conducted meta-analyses of EQ-5D utilities across different GOLD levels, based on an inverse-variance approach. The pooled estimates for EQ-5D measurements of mild, moderate, severe, and very severe COPD are 0.821 (95% CI: 0.814-0.828), 0.760 (95% CI: 0.756-0.765), 0.727 (95% CI: 0.722-0.732), and 0.681 (95% CI: 0.675-0.686). Results based on visual analogue scale demonstrated a similar trend. There was insufficient data for meta-analysis on the utilities across different

Global Health Socio- Biography On March 21st, 1998, I was born as a premature baby, who looked extremely weak and was experienced shortness of breath. My parents were concerned as I was coughing my lungs out day in, and day out. However, the doctors were not too concerned as my asthma was typically seen in premature babies, and assumed it would be temporary and would leave overtime. Nonetheless, these predictions were inaccurate. As time slowly progressed my asthma began to get worse. I was having

illness. This is the main difference between asthma and influenza. Although they are both considered respiratory diseases, asthma is long term. As a result of this, the treatments differ to suit the patient's needs. Asthma patients require a relief inhaler on their person through the day whereas an influenza patient does not need to constantly have a form of medication with

Can I use my Asthma Inhaler While Pregnant It is safe to use an asthma inhaler in pregnancy. In fact your doctor will recommend youb and your inhaler to keep your asthma under control. Although most women with asthma have perfectly healthy babies. But if depends upon the severity of asthma. Uncontrolled asthma can increase the risk of: • Pre Eclamsia • Hyper tension (High Blood Pressure) • Premature Birth • IUGR (having a baby with low birth weight) Asthma may worsen, improve or not change at all

There were overall 170 forums and 6 blogs about parents’ experiences administering eye drops, asthma inhalers, nasal medications and eczema lotions and creams to their children. The studies about eye drops and asthma inhalers were presented at this year’s European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress in Barcelona (please find appended the two posters presented). Resistance to medication was widely discussed on online forum discussions and blog posts. Parents reported difficulty in

On the 11 October 2010 I gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Trey After nine months I noticed that trey would vomit if he swallowed something wrong, if he cried uncontrollably or if he could not calm down after running around. I sought the advise of a Doctor who told me that Trey has asthma how could this be he does not have asthma like symptoms which is coughing and shortness of breath. I did not argue any futher, I followed the treatment plan given to me, which still did not solve the problem

my mother would grab this machine called a “Nebulizer.” It’s a machine that has the same treatment as an inhaler except the Nebulizer has a breathing mask with a tube connected from the mask to the Nebulizer producing the same medicine as the inhaler. I used to always carry around an inhaler to school in my elementary and middle school years. By the time I was 15 I stopped carrying my inhaler because I’ve never had the need to use it until I turned 18 and my asthma became active again. It was a cloudy

Unit 9 Assignment: Chronic Care Human beings are not immune to diseases. Since the dawn of time, humans have been fighting with illnesses from simple colds to flu to unnamed diseases back then. Nowadays, humans have been able to fight diseases with the use of medications and modern inventions. However, there are diseases that may not be fully cured that man has to live with the rest of their lives. The chronically ill individuals need to manage their illness properly to maintain quality of life

After review of the clinical information provided by The Brooklyn Hospital Center, the Medical Director has denied your admission to The Brooklyn Hospital Center. It was determined that the clinical information did not justify an inpatient stay. Acute inpatient hospitalization was not medically necessary. You had a one day stay with a diagnosis of rule-out acute coronary syndrome (heart attack) verses Sarcoidosis (inflammatory disease) flare up verses Asthma. You are a 43 year old female with a