Dr. Cori Daines answers the question: 'Why Use A Spacer With Rescue Inhaler?' — -- Question: Why do we need to use a spacer or chamber with our rescue inhaler? Answer: Spacers or aerochambers are ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma - the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma - researchers found that nearly half of ...

Lung deposition of radiolabeled Ventoline (chlorofluorocarbon salbutamol, GlaxoSmithKline) pressurized metered-dose inhaler administered via the three spacer devices was measured in an animal “infant” ...

‘STOP for Asthma’ is this year’s World Asthma Day theme, where STOP expands into Symptom evaluation, Test response, Observe and assess, Proceed to adjust treatment. With the World Health ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Six and a half million children in the United States suffer from asthma and use inhalers to keep their airways open, but most kids aren't using them correctly, dramatically ...

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A new study suggests that many patients aren’t waiting between puffs on their inhalers and may not be deriving the full benefits of the drugs. By Perri Klass, M.D. Asthma is the most common chronic ...

NEARLY half of asthmatic kids are in danger from an attack because they don’t use their inhalers correctly. That’s the finding of a new study in which experts found teens are most at risk. Nearly half ...