Pressurized metered-dose inhalers of bronchodilator and corticosteroid aerosols are more
efficient and convenient to use than nebulizers for routine therapy in ventilated patients …

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) and nebulizers are routinely employed for
aerosol delivery in mechanically ventilated patients. A significant proportion of the aerosol …

OBJECTIVE: To examine physician practice in, and the costs of, prescribing inhaled
bronchodilators to mechanically ventilated patients who do not have obstructive lung …

Inhaled therapy has been routinely employed for over half a century in ambulatory patients
with respiratory disorders. In contrast, many barriers were previously thought to preclude …

Previous studies have suggested that nebulizers are inefficient in delivering aerosolized
medication to the lung in patients supported by mechanical ventilation. In a recent bench …

The delivery of bronchodilators with metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in mechanically ventilated
patients has attracted considerable interest in recent years. This is because the use of the …

We compared two modes of aerosol bronchodilator delivery in 34 patients hospitalized with
obstructive airways diseases. The standard mode, therapist-administered up-draft …

Background Nebulizers and metered dose inhalers (MDI) have both been adapted for
delivering aerosol bronchodilation to mechanically ventilated patients, but there is …

Drug dosing in critically ill patients is challenging due to the altered drug pharmacokinetics–
pharmacodynamics associated with systemic therapies. For many drug therapies, there is …

Introduction Aerosol therapy is commonly prescribed in the mechanically ventilated patient.
Jet nebulizers (JN) and vibrating mesh nebulizers (VMN) are the most common nebulizer …