Two Cases of Asthma in Handicapped Elderly Persons in Which Assisted Inhalation Therapy Was Effective

Two Cases of Asthma in Handicapped Elderly Persons in Which Assisted Inhalation Therapy Was Effective

Background: Chronic airway inflammation is a basic pathology of bronchial asthma and it is important to control the inflammation by anti-inflammatory therapy mainly with steroids. However, in asthma in the elderly, there are cases where physicians hesitate to introduce the inhaled corticosteroid (IC...

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Main Authors: Kazuto Matsunaga, Satoru Yanagisawa, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Kazuhito Ueshima, Keiichirou Akamatsu, Tsunahiko Hirano, Masanori Nakanishi, Toshiyuki Yamagata, Yoshiaki Minakata, Masakazu Ichinose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2006-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
assistance
bronchial asthma
elderly persons
handicapped persons
inhaled corticosteroid
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015309886

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