Do health professionals at the Pediatric Emergency Care Unit know how to advise the use of a pressurized metered dose inhaler with a spacer?
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.rmrp.2025.224954Palabras clave:
Administration inhalation, Metered dose inhalers, Health education, Health promotion, AsthmaResumen
The aim was to evaluate the technique used by healthcare professionals at a pediatric emergency unit in the interior of Goiás, Brazil when using a pressurized metered dose inhaler (MDI) coupled with a spacer. A cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and nursing technicians. They answered a standardized questionnaire about the use of the MDI-spacer and handled it, simulating administration in children. Data was analyzed by SPSS Statistics Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney post-test (p<0.05). The results showed errors greater than 65% occurred for the steps: forced expiration, inhaling slowly and deeply, inspiratory pause, cleaning the spacer, and cleaning the oral cavity. Therefore, professionals showed difficulty in particularizing the differences in the use of MDI-spacer between children older and younger than 5 years old.
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