A device costing just pennies, based on an idea by a University of Manchester Professor to help his son use an inhaler, could ...

Medication availability issues and inhaler device convenience features ... that many elderly patients cannot achieve; spacer devices help to overcome that problem, but their use entails reduced ...

Like many parents of asthmatic children, Tariq Aslam found it incredibly difficult to watch his young son struggling to cope ...

After each use, dry the mouthpiece with a clean, dry cloth. Don't brush the spacer if you use one with your dry powdered ...

A spacer device is a large plastic container - sometimes with a mask attached. A dose of asthma medication is sprayed into it, which is then inhaled without needing to co-ordinate breathing and ...

Inspired by his son, who has asthma, a University of Manchester Professor has developed a “cheap-as-chips” device that could ...

"They showed me the correct inhaler technique and gave me a spacer to use, and the difference it has made to my asthma is incredible. "I even ran the London Marathon for Asthma UK last year.

DPI = dry powder inhaler, HFA = hydrofluoroalkane ... difficult for patients with low cognition, use of spacer device in elderly patients DPI Compact, portable, convenient, quick dose delivery ...