The Influence of Peak Inspiratory Flow and Inhalation Technique on Inhaled Steroid to Patients with Bronchial Asthma.

Accession number;03A0170496
Title;The Influence of Peak Inspiratory Flow and Inhalation Technique on Inhaled Steroid to Patients with Bronchial Asthma.
Author; MAKIEDA DAIKI (Tokushima Bunri Univ. Faculty of Pharm. Sci.) ISHIDA SHIRO (Tokushima Bunri Univ. Faculty of Pharm. Sci.) ORII TAKAO (Higashi-Nihon Denshin Denwa, Kanto Byoin) OKANO YOSHIRO (Tokushima Bunri Univ. Faculty of Pharm. Sci.)
Journal Title;Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
Journal Code:F0508A
ISSN:0031-6903
VOL.123;NO.3;PAGE.211-215(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.3, REF.10
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;We investigated the correlation of peak inspiratory flow (PIF) with peak expiratory flow (PEF) in 29 bronchial asthma patients, and the improvement of inhalation technique with a dry powder inhaler (DIP) before and after medical consultation in 3 patients. There was a significant positive correlation (R=0.772, p<0.001) between PIF and PEF in asthmatics. Furthermore, PIF and PEF the values were low in elderly women with combined complications of emphysema. Two of 3 patients who had experienced the problem of residual medicine improved their inhalation technique after the medical consultation compared with before. These results indicate that the clinical examination of PIF and PEF and medical consultation on inhaled steroid use in bronchial asthma patients could be important. (author abst.)
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