Aerosol therapy must be applied according to specific indications. Therapy ranges,
anatomically, from smallest to largest airways; physically, from fine" dry" cool to dense …

The current uses of clinical aerosols such as water, saline, mucolytics, bronchodilators,
cromolyn sodium, corticosteroids, and antimicrobials have been reviewed. The benefits of …

The subject of aerosol therapy was critically reviewed at the First Sugarloaf Conference in
1974. At that time it was concluded that there was frequently only little scientific basis for …

AEROSOL therapy may be defined as the medicinal administration of fine solid particles or
liquid mists as inhalants. The method has never been widely used in the treatment of …

The production and characterization of aerosols are essential processes in experimental
studies of the toxicity of inhaled particles. Certain methods for producing monodisperse …

PHYSICIANS have been intrigued with the idea of inhalation therapy for more than a
century, since patients were advised to smoke cigarettes containing anticholinergic …

Clinicians treating chronic airway obstruction can now choose from so varied a menu of
therapies that the choice often becomes bewilderingly difficult. Some connoisseurs are …

Aerosol therapy with a variety of drugs is superior to oral and, except perhaps in status
asthmaticus, parenteral therapy. An understanding of aerosol physics and the physiologic …

• Characterization of an aerosol is of major importance for the understanding of its
pathogenic, diagnostic, or therapeutic effect. The parameters necessary for such …

Therapy of respiratory disorders by inhalation has been practised for thousands of years,
with records dating back to ancient civilizations in several parts of the world. These involved …