Background The functional consequence of airway obstruction in asthma can be regionally
measured using inhaled gas MRI. Ventilation defects visualized by MRI persist post …

Abstract Editor's Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic For most bacterial
pneumonia, the lung interstitium is considered to be the site of infection, and adequate …

Some subjects with asthma have ventilation defects that are resistant to bronchodilator
therapy, and it is thought that these resistant defects may be due to ongoing inflammation or …

Particulate matter (PM) contains different chemical substances that have been associated
with health effects and an increased risk of mortality due to their toxicity. In this study, fine …

В обзорной статье представлен анализ данных зарубежных и отечественных
исследователей, характеризующих эффективность небулайзерной терапии при …

The 21st Congress for the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine included, for the first
time, a session on Pulmonary Delivery of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Gases. The rationale …

Specific ventilation imaging (SVI) measures the spatial distribution of specific ventilation
(SV) in the lung with MRI by using inhaled oxygen as a contrast agent. Because of the …

The efficacy of aerosol therapeutics may depend on the total and regional deposition of the
inhaled particles in the respiratory tract, which is primarily governed by the mechanisms of …

Aerosol delivery to the lung could be achieved with several devices which differ in their
operating mechanism and efficacy of aerosol delivery. There are several methods for …

Inhalers give the therapeutic advantage of topical drug administration. The prescribed dose
can often be given with just one or two breaths from a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) or dry …