Study objective Patients with cystic fibrosis use disposable jet nebulizers for the self-
administration of antibiotics, DNase, and bronchodilators several times per day. Most …

To determine the prevalence and nature of difficulties elderly subjects experience using
home nebulizers we have studied all patients in the Leeds Health District aged 70 years and …

Nebuliser drug delivery units were reused in 15% of paediatric wards participating in a
national survey, while routine servicing and written information was provided by only half the …

Althoughjet and ultrasonic nebulizers have been extensively used as convenient devices for
drug aerosol delivery, they have largely escaped standardization through regulatory bodies …

Introduction The breath-actuated nebulizer (BAN) and the handheld nebulizer (HHN) are 2
nebulizers used in the ED of Cooper University Hospital. The purpose of this study was to …

Current methods of inhaled therapy using gas-propelled nebulizers lack standardization.
The frequent use of nebulized therapy in a continuous flow may be the major reason for the …

An increase in concentration of salt in the reservoir solution of jet nebulizers driven by dry
compressed gas has been observed but changes in salbutamol concentration have not …

Ten patients with stable asthma were studied to see whether the flow rate used to drive a
nebulizer was clinically important. Each received 1 mg of salbutamol in 2 ml of physiological …

In this issue of RESPIRATORY CARE, Chatburn and McPeck present a “New System for
Understanding Nebulizer Performance,” 1 which aims to identify the primary component …

We have compared the clinical efficacy of high dose terbutaline sulphate (10 mg four times
daily) delivered by either a Nebuhaler or jet nebulizer in 13 patients with chronic bronchitis …