Problems with inhaler use: a call for improved clinician and patient education.
Problems with inhaler use: a call for improved clinician and patient education.
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吸入器使用问题：呼吁改进临床医生和患者教育。
作者：
J. Fink;B. Rubin
患者教育是使用和滥用药物吸入器的关键因素。吸入器代表了先进的技术，被认为是如此容易使用，许多患者和临床医生没有接受足够的培训，在其使用。28%至68%的患者没有充分使用定量吸入器或粉末吸入器，无法从处方药物中获益，39%至67%的护士，医生和呼吸治疗师无法充分描述或执行使用吸入器的关键步骤。在每年用于吸入器的估计250亿美元中，有50亿至70亿美元因吸入器滥用而浪费。改善患者教育的补偿和教学策略可以大大减少这些浪费的资源。问题与吸入器的使用，吸入器的成本，与吸入器相关的神话进行审查，与策略和技术，以更好地教育患者在吸入器的使用建议。
Patient education is a critical factor in the use and misuse of medication inhalers. Inhalers represent advanced technology that is considered so easy to use that many patients and clinicians do not receive adequate training in their use. Between 28% and 68% of patients do not use metered-dose inhalers or powder inhalers well enough to benefit from the prescribed medication, and 39-67% of nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapists are unable to adequately describe or perform critical steps for using inhalers. Of an estimated 25 billion dollars spent for inhalers annually, 5-7 billion dollars is wasted because of inhaler misuse. Reimbursement and teaching strategies to improve patient education could substantially reduce these wasted resources. Problems with inhaler use, the cost of inhalers, and myths associated with inhalers are reviewed, with recommendations for strategies and techniques to better educate patients in inhaler use.