The bronchodilator response to 5 mg nebulized salbutamol was studied in 20 elderly
patients with stable chronic airflow limitation. Salbutamol produced significantly greater …

METHODS There are two methods of aerosol generation commonly used for nonspecific
bronchoprovocation challenge studies: intermittent and continuous flow. The methods and …

Breathlessness, exercise tolerance, and spirometry were measured in 12 patients whose
major symptom was breathlessness, secondary to severe chronic airflow limitation, during a …

We have performed a retrospective survey on 296 patients, who attended the Respiratory
Function Unit at Guy'sHospital to have their bronchodilator responses (BR) tested. The aim …

In a two-year randomized controlled study, we studied the effects of bronchodilator treatment
on the lung function and the quality of life in patients with mild airflow obstruction. The …

Due to the lack of information on this topic, the Educational Group of the Italian Association
of Hospital Pneumologists performed an open, multicentre, observational survey to evaluate …

GK Crompton* ll is now accepted that inhaled bronchodilator therapy is, whenever possible,
to be preferred to oral treatment in the routine management of reversible airflow obstruction …

Metered dose inhalers are sometimes used in conjunction with Nebuhaler R, a 750 ml
holding chamber, but the permissible delay time between actuating the aerosol into …

Abstract 103 patients with acute airflow obstruction (56 asthma, 47 chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease [COPD]) completed a double-blind trial of nebulised bronchodilator …

A simple hand-held device was altered to provide isoproterenol hydrochloride via either
powered nebulization or intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB). Sixteen patients …