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Pressurised metered dose inhalers versus all other hand‐held inhaler devices to deliver beta‐2 agonist bronchodilators for non‐acute asthma

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2002
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Title
Pressurised metered dose inhalers versus all other hand‐held inhaler devices to deliver beta‐2 agonist bronchodilators for non‐acute asthma
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, April 2002
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd002158
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Authors

Felix SF Ram, David DM Brocklebank, John White, John J Wright, Paul Jones

Abstract

A number of different inhaler devices are available to deliver beta2-agonist bronchodilators in asthma. These include hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) or chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-free propelled pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) and dry powder devices. To determine the clinical effectiveness of pMDI compared with any other available handheld inhaler device for the delivery of short-acting beta-2 agonist bronchodilators in non-acute asthma in children and adults. The Cochrane Collaboration Clinical Trials register was searched for studies as well as separate additional searches carried out on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and also on the Current Contents Index as well as the Science Citation Index. In addition, 17 individual online respiratory journals and 12 electronically available clinical trial databases were also searched. The UK pharmaceutical companies who manufacture inhaled asthma medication were contacted in order to obtain details of any published or unpublished studies. - The full texts of all potentially relevant articles were reviewed independently by two reviewers. Fixed and random effect models were used. Dichotomous outcomes were assessed using Odds Ratios or Relative Risks (RR) with 95% Confidence Intervals (95%CI). Eighty-four randomised controlled trials were included in this review, but few could be combined to assess a specific outcome for a given delivery device comparison. Only two studies required demonstration of adequate pMDI technique as an entry requirement. There were no difference between a standard CFC containing pMDI and any other device for most outcomes. Regular use of HFA-pMDI containing salbutamol reduced the requirement for short courses of oral corticosteroids (3 trials, 519 patients: RR 0.67; 95% CI 0.49, 0.91); however the total number of exacerbations were unchanged (3 trials, 1271 patients: RR 1.0; 95% CI 0.75, 1.33). In patients with stable asthma, short-acting beta-2 bronchodilators in standard CFC-pMDI's are as effective as any other devices. The effect of HFA-pMDI on requirement for oral corticosteroid courses to treat acute exacerbations should be confirmed. Effectiveness studies that use an intention-to-treat analysis are required.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 153 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 14%
Researcher 14 9%
Student > Bachelor 13 8%
Other 6 4%
Professor 6 4%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 68 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 40 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 17 11%
Psychology 7 5%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 8 5%
Unknown 73 47%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2018.
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#1,369,225
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#2,913
of 11,842 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,322
of 127,658 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3
of 36 outputs
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