Aerosol bronchodilator delivery methods: relative impact on pulmonary function and cost of respiratory care

W Summer, R Elston, L Tharpe, S Nelson… - Archives of internal …, 1989 - jamanetwork.com
… institution, depending on the relative proportion of the total workload that is represented by
aerosol therapy, and could be considerable. Fewer respiratory care staff mem¬ bers might be …

Physician-ordered aerosol therapy versus respiratory therapist-driven aerosol protocol: the effect on resource utilization

A Kallam, K Meyerink, AM Modrykamien - Respiratory Care, 2013 - rc.rcjournal.com
… This study assesses resource utilization associated with aerosolized bronchodilator therapy.
Frequencies of administration of aerosol therapy and direct costs were compared between …

Air and soul: the science and application of aerosol therapy

BK Rubin - Respiratory care, 2010 - rc.rcjournal.com
… Although the most common use of aerosol therapy is for using bronchodilators and
inhaled corticosteroids, there are a large number of other medications that are being given by …

The effect of heliox-driven bronchodilator aerosol therapy on pulmonary function tests in patients with asthma

R Bag, V Bandi, RE Fromm Jr, KK Guntupalli - Journal of Asthma, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
… Our results show that in patients with asthma, albuterol nebulizer therapybronchodilator
therapy improves PFTs in asthmatics significantly more then air-driven bronchodilator therapy. …

[HTML][HTML] Inhaled bronchodilator therapy in mechanically ventilated patients

R Dhand, MJ Tobin - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical …, 1997 - atsjournals.org
… potential patient costs of aerosol therapy in their hospital by $300,000 annually (61). … To
our knowledge, the efficacy and safety of continuous nebulization of bronchodilator aerosols

Cost-benefit comparison of aerosol bronchodilator delivery methods in hospitalized patients

AC Jasper, Z Mohsenifar, S Kahan, HS Goldberg… - Chest, 1987 - Elsevier
… differences or by concomitant non-aerosol therapy. Duration of hospital stay was also …
aerosol therapy if MDI/DED were to replace UDN as the standard mode of aerosol bronchodilator

Use of bronchodilator aerosols

MJ Tobin - Archives of internal medicine, 1985 - jamanetwork.com
Aerosol therapy has been employed in the treatment of ** respiratory disorders for several
centuries. Inhalation allows direct delivery of medication to the site of disease, and the large …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol therapy in intensive and intermediate care units: prospective observation of 2808 critically ill patients

S Ehrmann, F Roche-Campo, L Bodet-Contentin… - Intensive care …, 2016 - Springer
… and corticosteroids represented 88 % of aerosols. These drugs … bronchodilators and/or
corticosteroids (50 %). Indeed, in a majority of cases, bronchodilator and corticosteroid aerosols

Aerosol therapy in acute and chronic respiratory disease

WF Miller - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1973 - jamanetwork.com
… Studies in our laboratory indicate that this effect is greatest with bronchodilator agents … of
the pioneer work in the field of aerosol therapy. Antibiotic aerosols have been used with varying …

Aerosol therapy in mechanically ventilated patients: recent advances and new techniques

JB Fink, R Dhand - Seminars in respiratory and critical care …, 2000 - thieme-connect.com
… The advantages of aerosol therapy include a smaller dose, … Inhaled bronchodilators are
routinely used with mechanically … the humidifier for routine bronchodilator therapy. However, …