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Inappropriate prescribing of combination inhalers in Northern Ireland: retrospective cross-sectional cohort study of prescribing practice in primary care

BACKGROUND: Asthma management guidelines advocate a stepwise approach to asthma therapy, including the addition of a long-acting bronchodilator to inhaled steroid therapy at step 3. This is almost exclusively prescribed as inhaled combination therapy. AIMS: To examine whether asthma prescribing prac...

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Autores principales: Sweeney, Joan, Patterson, Chris C, O'Neill, Stephen, O'Neill, Ciaran, Plant, Gillian, Lynch, Veranne, McAllister, Teresa, Heaney, Liam G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570080
http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2014.00007