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A cross-sectional observational study to assess inhaler technique in Saudi hospitalized patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Maha Al Ammari, Khizra Sultana, Faisal Yunus, Mohammed Al Ghobain and Shatha M. Al Halwan
Saudi Medical Journal May 2016, 37 (5) 570-574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.14369
Maha Al Ammari
From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSC, MPH
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Khizra Sultana
From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
B. Pharm, M. Clin. Pharm
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Faisal Yunus
From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Al Ghobain
From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shatha M. Al Halwan
From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Article Information

vol. 37 no. 5 570-574
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.5.14369
PubMed 
27146622

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received December 29, 2015
  • Accepted February 17, 2016
  • Published online May 1, 2016.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Maha Al Ammari, MSC, MPH⇑,
  2. Khizra Sultana, B. Pharm, M. Clin. Pharm,
  3. Faisal Yunus, MBBS, MPH,
  4. Mohammed Al Ghobain, MD, MPH and
  5. Shatha M. Al Halwan, B. Pharm
  1. From the Pharmaceutical Care Services (Ammari, Al Halwan) King Abdulaziz Medical City, the King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre (Sultana), the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Yunus), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, the Department of Pulmonology (Al Ghobain), College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Maha Al Ammari, Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Care Services King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ammarima{at}ngha.med.sa
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