Assessment of jet nebulisers for lung aerosol therapy

MM Clay, SP Newman, D Pavia, T Lennard-Jones - The Lancet, 1983 - Elsevier
The effect on nebuliser output of varying the flow rate of compressed air driving the device
and the volume of respirator solution used was investigated in four brands of jet nebuliser …

A comparison of commercial jet nebulizers

DT Loffert, D Ikle, HS Nelson - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
Seventeen commercially available jet nebulizers from 15 commercial sources were studied
(Acorn-I, Acorn-II, AquaTower, AVA-NEB, Cirrhus, Dart, DeVilbiss 646, Downdraft, Fan Jet …

Dilution of nebulised aerosols by air entrainment in children

GG Collis, CH Cole, PN Le Souef - The Lancet, 1990 - Elsevier
Guidelines for use of aerosolised drugs in children are inconsistent. In a study of 14 infants,
22 children, and 4 adults inspired nebulised aerosols were diluted more for large than for …

Efficient drug delivery to the lungs from a continuously operated open-vent nebulizer and low pressure compressor system

SP Newman, GR Pitcairn, G Hooper… - European Respiratory …, 1994 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A comparison of aerosol delivery has been made between two open-vent Pari jet nebulizers.
Intermittent and continuous delivery were compared for one of the nebulizers. Ten healthy …

Factors influencing the size distribution of aerosols from jet nebulisers.

MM Clay, D Pavia, SP Newman, SW Clarke - Thorax, 1983 - thorax.bmj.com
The size distribution of saline and bronchodilator (terbutaline) aerosol droplets generated
from four widely used jet nebulisers (Acorn, Upmist, Turret, and Inspiron Mini-neb) has been …

Disposable jet nebulizers: how reliable are they?

GF Alvine, P Rodgers, KM Fitzsimmons, RC Ahrens - Chest, 1992 - Elsevier
We studied the frequency of malfunction, variability in rate of nebulization, and effect of this
variability on aerosol particle size of eight disposable jet nebulizer models produced by six …

The science of nebulised drug delivery

C O'Callaghan, PW Barry - Thorax, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective nebuliser therapy requires a device distinguished from a simple atomiser by the
incorporation of baffles which selectively rethat repeatedly and quickly delivers sufficient …

Jet nebulisers for pulmonary drug delivery

ONM McCallion, KMG Taylor, PA Bridges… - International Journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Nebulisers are widely used clinically to produce aerosols for a range of applications. This
paper reviews the many factors which determine the particle size of the aerosol and drug …

Evaluation of jet nebulisers for use with gentamicin solution.

SP Newman, PG Pellow, MM Clay, SW Clarke - Thorax, 1985 - thorax.bmj.com
Recently nebulised antibiotics (gentamicin and carbenicillin) have been used successfully to
treat respiratory tract infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. No information exists, however …

Some functional aspects of air-jet nebulizers

RW Niven, JD Brain - International journal of pharmaceutics, 1994 - Elsevier
Mass median aerodynamic diameters (MMADs,/xm), flow rates (1 air/min) and mass outputs
(ml/min and μ1/1 air) were determined over a range of air pressures (psig) for a variety of …