It is obvious that many factors should be considered when an inhaler is prescribed. Based upon the information discussed above, a rational inhaler strategy could be as follows: (1) Children < or = 5 years and elderly patients are prescribed a spacer with a valve system (and a face mask for the children) for the delivery of all drugs. When they are severely obstructed, some may need a nebulizer....

UNLABELLED Aerosol therapy via small-volume nebulizer (SVN) accounts for a large proportion of the respiratory care workload. Treatment time is mostly nebulization time, which is highly variable, depending on SVN design. We studied the workload effect of adopting a faster nebulizer. We hypothesized that time saved by faster SVN treatment can be used by respiratory therapists for other patient-c...

BACKGROUND Measurement of nebulizer medication adherence that relies on self-report of medication use is subject to recall bias and increased patient burden. Electronic monitoring of nebulizer medication use is relatively new technology and provides an objective measure of nebulizer use. OBJECTIVE To examine levels of agreement for nebulizer use between self-report on diary cards and electron...