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 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

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
… asthma, albuterol nebulizer therapy when driven by heliox at … max , compared to albuterol
nebulized by the conventional … In conclusion, heliox (80 : 20)-driven bronchodilator therapy

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

SO Henderson, P Acharya, T Kilaghbian… - Annals of emergency …, 1999 - Elsevier
… Those in the first treatment arm received albuterol sulfate (5 … second treatment arm received
the same dose of albuterol … toxic effects and has been suggested as a treatment adjunct in …

Beneficial effects of albuterol therapy driven by heliox versus by oxygen in severe asthma exacerbation

DL Lee, CW Hsu, H Lee, HW Chang… - Academic emergency …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… showed that heliox-powered albuterol nebulization in a … effects were greater in older
asthmatic patients with more severe attacks indicated by PEF. Heliox-driven albuterol nebulization

Albuterol nebulized in heliox in the initial ED treatment of pediatric asthma: a blinded, randomized controlled trial

ML Rivera, TY Kim, GM Stewart, L Minasyan… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
… After continuous albuterol treatment was begun with either heliox or oxygen, the median …
albuterol nebulized in heliox in the pediatric ED. We found heliox did not have a beneficial effect

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 … despite three nebulizer treatments of albuterol 2.5 mg given …

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
albuterol. Thus, all patients who are given heliox to breathe should receive this treatment

[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
effect of heliox and oxygen with and without positive expiratory pressure (PEP), on delivery
of radiotagged inhaled bronchodilators … In this group, bronchodilator nebulization and heliox

Heliox and forward-leaning posture improve the efficacy of nebulized bronchodilator in acute asthma: a randomized trial

DC Brandão, MC Britto, MF Pessoa, RB de Sá… - Respiratory …, 2011 - rc.rcjournal.com
… on hospitalization in patients with acute asthma who do not respond to traditional treatment.
… the effect gravity has on them. We studied the effect of forward-leaning posture and heliox as …