Economic Impact of Reducing Inappropriate Inhaled Corticosteroids Use in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: ISPOR’s Guidance on Budget Impact in Practice.

Value Health. 2019 Oct;22(10):1092

To assess the budget impact of restricting inappropriate inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) use according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive...

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Comparative effectiveness of triple therapy dual bronchodilation in COPD.

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Jul;5(3)

This real-world study compared the effectiveness of triple therapy (TT; long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs)/long-acting inhaled β-agonists...

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Prevalence and Characteristics of Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap in Routine Primary Care Practices.

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 Sep;16(9):1143

Adults may exhibit characteristics of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a situation recently described as asthma-COPD...

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European Respiratory Society International Congress, Paris, 2018: highlights from the Clinical Assembly.

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Feb;5(1)

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's Clinical Assembly (Assembly 1 and...

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Comparison of adverse events associated with different spacers used with non-extrafine beclometasone dipropionate for asthma.

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2019 Feb;29(1):3

Co-prescription of Aerochamber spacer with non-extrafine beclometasone diproprionate (non-EF BDP) is common but unlicensed. We report a comparison of...

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Wrong inhalation technique is associated to poor asthma clinical outcomes. Is there room for improvement?

Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2019 Jan;25(1):18

The long-term goals of asthma management are to control symptoms and to reduce the risk of exacerbations. Inhaled medication is the cornerstone of...

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Systematic review of association between critical errors in inhalation and health outcomes in asthma and COPD.

NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2018 Nov;28(1):43

Inhaled medications are the cornerstone of treatment and management of asthma and COPD. However, inhaler device errors are common among patients and...

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