The effect of heliox on nebulizer function using a β-agonist bronchodilator

DR Hess, FL Acosta, RH Ritz, RM Kacmarek… - Chest, 1999 - Elsevier
… The use of heliox to power a nebulizer affects both the inhaled mass of … effect of heliox
on the performance of a conventional nebulizer and one designed for continuous nebulization

Effect of heliox-and air-driven nebulized bronchodilator therapy on lung function in patients with asthma

MF El-Khatib, G Jamaleddine, N Kanj, S Zeineddine… - Lung, 2014 - Springer
… This study compares the effect of heliox-driven to that of air-driven bronchodilator therapy
on the pulmonary function test (PFT) in patients with different levels of asthma severity. …

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
… report the effects of … nebulizer therapy when driven by heliox at 8 L/min significantly improves
airflow limitation measured by FEV 1 , FVC, and FEF max , compared to albuterol nebulized

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of lung function and deposition of aerosolized bronchodilators carried by heliox associated with positive expiratory pressure in stable asthmatics: a …

L Alcoforado, S Brandao, C Rattes, D Brandao… - Respiratory …, 2013 - Elsevier
… is to differentiate the effect of heliox and oxygen with and … inhaled bronchodilators on
pulmonary function and deposition in … and the use of heliox gas mixture during nebulization, few …

The effects of Heliox on the output and particle-size distribution of salbutamol using jet and vibrating mesh nebulizers

C O'Callaghan, J White, J Jackson… - Journal of aerosol …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
… Our results give an estimate of the effect of Heliox on … effect of nebulizer choice in this study
resulted in approximately twice the dose of drug inhaled using the vibrating mesh nebulizer

Use of heliox-driven nebulizer therapy in the treatment of acute asthma

SO Henderson, P Acharya, T Kilaghbian… - Annals of emergency …, 1999 - Elsevier
… Results: Although both the heliox and the oxygen group … to reach distal pulmonary tissues,
heliox had no clinically significant … to determine the clinical efficacy of heliox in this setting. […

Heliox-driven β2-agonists nebulization for children and adults with acute asthma: a systematic review with meta-analysis

GJ Rodrigo, JA Castro-Rodriguez - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & …, 2014 - Elsevier
… In a subgroup analysis, they evaluated the effect of heliox-driven nebulization and found
a mean difference of 29.6% (95% CI 16.6–42.6) in percentage of change in PEF favoring …

The use of heliox in critical care

SM Hashemian, F Fallahian - … journal of critical illness and injury …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… bromide through nebulization is driven by heliox with that if … , use of heliox as a driving gas
for the updraft nebulization of … heliox works, and how it will affect devices and patients. No …

Prospective randomized trial of heliox-driven continuous nebulizers in the treatment of asthma in the emergency department

JS Rose, EA Panacek, P Miller - The Journal of emergency medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
… Helium is an inert gas with no biologic effects that has been … to heliox through heliox-driven
continuous nebulization would … of 70:30 heliox-driven continuous nebulization in asthmatics …

Aerosol drug delivery using heliox and nebulizer reservoirs: results from an MRI-based pediatric model

TE Corcoran, BP Shortall, IK Kim, MP Meza… - Journal of aerosol …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
… Droplets are conveyed out of the nebulizer through the action of drag forces imparted by
the driving gas. These forces effectively steer the droplets around the internal structures of the …