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ArticleEuropean clinical respiratory journal2015

Expert Nordic perspectives on the potential of novel inhalers to overcome unmet needs in the management of obstructive lung disease.

Anders Løkke, Lars Ahlbeck, Leif Bjermer, Jann Mortensen, Anders Østrem, Iris Pasternack, Guilherme Safioti, Saku Torvinen

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Article in European clinical respiratory journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Current unmet needs and potential solutions to uncontrolled asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022
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  5. Asthma and COPD Patients' Perception of Appropriate Metered-Dose Inhaler Technique.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Anders LøkkeDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Aarhus County Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; aloekke@gmail.com.
Lars AhlbeckAllergy Centre University Hospital, Linköping and Respiratory System Drug Committee at Region Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden.
Leif BjermerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Institute of Clinical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jann MortensenDepartment of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
Anders ØstremGransdalen Health Care Centre, Oslo, Norway.
Iris PasternackSummaryx Ltd, HTA Research, Helsinki, Finland.
Guilherme SafiotiTEVA Pharmaceuticals, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Saku TorvinenTEVA Pharmaceuticals BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Aarhus University Hospital · DKLund University · SERegion ÖstergötlandTeva Pharmaceuticals (Netherlands) · NLUniversity of the Faroe Islands · FO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effective self-management of obstructive lung disease is dependent upon the patient achieving good inhaler technique. However, many current inhalers are complicated to use, which may lead to handling difficulties. These difficulties can cause clinically relevant errors, whereby pharmacotherapy fails to achieve adequate lung deposition and therapeutic effect. In this report, the potential of novel inhaler devices to overcome unmet needs in the management of obstructive lung disease is considered by a panel of Nordic experts. The panel concludes that innovative inhalers can contribute to good disease management and better use of healthcare resources.

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PMID26689215
PMCPMC4684578
OpenAlexW2198228532

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