The choice of jet nebulizer, nebulizing flow, and addition of albuterol affects the output of tobramycin aerosols

AL Coates, CF MacNeish, D Meisner, R Thibert… - Chest, 1997 - Elsevier
The use of inhaled antibiotics in the treatment of cystic fibrosis has become widespread
despite controversy in the literature as to the appropriate dosing regimen and its …

A comparison of the availability of tobramycin for inhalation from vented vs unvented nebulizers

AL Coates, CF MacNeish, LC Lands, D Meisner… - Chest, 1998 - Elsevier
Study objective To compare drug output from a vented nebulizer (Pari LC Jet Plus) with a
traditional unvented nebulizer (Hudson 1730 T Up-Draft 11) using aerosolized tobramycin …

Inhalation of tobramycin in cystic fibrosis: part 1: the choice of a nebulizer

PPH Le Brun, AH De Boer, D Gjaltema… - International journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Forteen commercially available jet and ultrasonic nebulizers were investigated with the aim
to select the most suitable type of apparatus for the inhalation of a 10% tobramycin solution …

Inhalation of tobramycin in cystic fibrosis: part 2: optimization of the tobramycin solution for a jet and an ultrasonic nebulizer

PPH Le Brun, AH De Boer, D Gjaltema… - International journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
The inhalation of tobramycin is part of current cystic fibrosis (CF) therapy. Local therapy with
inhaled antibiotics has demonstrated improvements in pulmonary function. Current …

The choice of compressor effects the aerosol parameters and the delivery of tobramycin from a single model nebulizer

TA Standaert, D Vandevanter, BW Ramsey… - Journal of aerosol …, 2000 - liebertpub.com
Recent US Phase III trials of the aerosolized delivery of tobramycin to cystic fibrosis (CF)
patients demonstrated a significant improvement in pulmonary function and in sputum …

Efficiency of pulmonary administration of tobramycin solution for inhalation in cystic fibrosis using an improved drug delivery system

DE Geller, M Rosenfeld, DA Waltz, RW Wilmott… - Chest, 2003 - Elsevier
Study objectives To determine whether tobramycin solution for inhalation (TSI) can be
administered safely and more efficiently with a new-generation aerosol device, the …

A comparison of peak sputum tobramycin concentration in patients with cystic fibrosis using jet and ultrasonic nebulizer systems

J Eisenberg, M Pepe, M Vasiliev, AB Montgomery… - Chest, 1997 - Elsevier
Study objective To determine whether adequate concentrations of a new formulation of
tobramycin could be delivered to the lower respiratory tract of patients with cystic fibrosis …

[HTML][HTML] Disposable versus reusable jet nebulizers for cystic fibrosis treatment with tobramycin

L Vecellio, ME Abdelrahim, J Montharu, J Galle… - Journal of Cystic …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Jet nebulizers are commonly used to administer aerosolized tobramycin to
CF patients. The aim of this study was to assess the performance of disposable jet …

Pharmacokinetics of aerosolized tobramycin in adult patients with cystic fibrosis

DJ Touw, FA Jacobs, RW Brimicombe… - Antimicrobial agents …, 1997 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study was performed to determine the clinical pharmacokinetics of tobramycin in six
patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) after inhalation of 600 mg. Tobramycin was administered …

Accounting for radioactivity before and after nebulization of tobramycin to insure accuracy of quantification of lung deposition

AL COATES, L DINH, CF MacNEISH… - Journal of aerosol …, 2000 - liebertpub.com
The ability to predict drug deposition of inhaled drugs used in cystic fibrosis (CF) is important
if there is a need to target specific doses of drug to the lungs of individual patients. The gold …