Inhaler devices for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD)
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We compared two modes of aerosol bronchodilator delivery in 34 patients hospitalized with
obstructive airways diseases. The standard mode, therapist-administered up-draft …

Albuterol is a long‐acting beta2‐adrenergic receptor‐selective drug that relaxes airway
smooth muscle. It is currently available in the United States in oral and metered‐dose …

METHODS All patients admitted to the University of Chicago Medical Center intensive care
units in August and September of 1992, who required mechanical ventilation and had a …

We investigated the use of a reservoir device for delivery of a MDI bronchodilator aerosol
using a lung model of an intubated, mechanically ventilated adult. Methods Albuterol …

We determined the relative efficacy of two bronchodilator aerosol delivery methods in 18
intubated mechanically ventilated patients with airways obstruction. Two treatment arms …

The results of previous studies comparing bronchodilatation from beta agonists
administered by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) and nebulizer solution have been conflicting …

The bronchodilator response to metaproterenol delivered by metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
with a spacer device (Aerochamber [A]) and by jet nebulizer was studied in 44 asthmatic …

β-agonist bronchodilators delivered by metered-dose inhalers (MDI) are commonly used in
the treatment of bronchospasm in both intubated and nonintubated patients. Substantial …

The relative efficiency of the metered dose inhaler (MDI), the MDI attached to a pear shaped
extension tube (PET), and the Inspiron Mini-Neb nebuliser were assessed in eight normal …