Cost-effective prescribing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Autor: Steven Hickey
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Nurse Prescribing. 11:460-462
ISSN: 2052-2924
1479-9189
DOI: 10.12968/npre.2013.11.9.460
Popis: This article highlights the cost implications when prescribing the different delivery devices available for salmeterol/fluticasone (Seretide, Allen & Hanburys) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prescribing licence for combination inhalers in COPD is specific to both drug dosing and delivery device. The perception amongst some practitioners is that patients with moderate to severe airflow obstruction (FEV1
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