Nature

Inhaler device technique can be improved in older adults through tailored education: findings from a randomised controlled trial

In a randomised controlled trial, device technique education was provided to a sample of 123 adults aged >55 years who had a doctor diagnosis of asthma. The active education group received one-on-one ...
Healio

Proper use and device advice for asthma patients

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 ...
Drinks

Safilo Group gets grant for spacer device in spectacles frames to maintain arms spaced apart when folded

Safilo Group has been granted a patent for a spacer device for spectacles that maintains the arms of the frame spaced apart when folded. The device includes a spacer member with a channel that is ...
Nature

Delivery of Salbutamol Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhaler Administered Via Small-Volume Spacer Devices in Intubated, Spontaneously Breathing Rabbits

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