0 a small device you use to breathe in particular medicines
1 a small device for breathing in a medicine, used esp. by people who have asthma (= disease that can make breathing difficult)
These include chest auscultation, spirometry, lung function tests; reversibility testing, inhaler technique testing and checking his blood pressure.
The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of inhaler devices used in the routine management of chronic asthma in older children: a systematic review and economic evaluation.
In the year following the review, the patients used fewer than 300 salbutamol inhalers compared with more than 500 in the year preceding it.
Women should be encouraged, however, to maintain their inhalers and other medication throughout labour.
Regular asthma review should be structured and include issues of adherence to medication, appropriate use, inhaler technique, current symptoms and effects on lifestyle.
Now suppose the annotator works on a picture of a woman holding an inhaler.
There has been a significant body of research into the optimal inhaler technique for older patients.
The recent use of medications was similar, whilst a history of atopy and use of asthma inhalers or steroids was less likely in case compared with control children.
