BACKGROUND Aerosol therapy in preterm infants is challenging, as a very small proportion of the drug deposits in the lungs. AIM Our aim was to compare efficiency of standard devices with newer, more efficient aerosol delivery devices. METHODS Using salbutamol as a drug marker, we studied two prototypes of the investigational eFlow(®) nebulizer for babies (PARI Pharma GmbH), a jet nebulizer ...

subglottic hemangiomas are very rare in compare with cutaneous form but can be life-threatening in the proliferating phase of tumor by airway obstruction. it should be considered in any child with recurrent, persistent and/or progressive, inspiratory or biphasic stridor, respiratory distress and feeding difficulties in the first months of life. it should be confirmed by endobronchoscopic evalua...

Blastomyces dermatitidis is responsible for systemic mycoses. It is predominantly caused by inhalation of spores and often manifests as pneumonia, which can potentially disseminate; however, direct cutaneous inoculation may also occur. Blastomycosis in the perigravid period is exceedingly rare. The partial immunosuppressive state induced by pregnancy can engender more severe infections and is a...

Among those who have had most experience with the therapeutic use of oxygen in pneumonia, there seems at present to be fairly general agreement as to its value (1) (2) (3) (4) (5). The situation may perhaps be summed up this way: Oxygen in pneumonia is useful in so far as it can relieve or abolish anoxemia. It has no specific effect on the invading microorganism. It does, however, tend to resto...

The retina has a high rate of oxygen consumption, and the retinal vessels are knoion to constrict with increased arterial oxygen tension and dilate ivhen arterial oxygen falls. In 10 subjects, measurement of retinal venous oxygen saturation by a photographic technique has shown an increase from 55 ± 8 per cent saturation breathing air to 82 ± 9 per cent breathing 100 per cent Os. This increase ...

Oxy-hydrogen gas (HHO) is a gaseous mixture of molecular hydrogen and oxygen that generated by the electrolysis water delivered in 2:1 ratio (66% 33%, respectively) through use noninvasive inhalation devices such as nasal cannulas or nebulisers. Although there paucity scientific evidence supporting this new emerging therapy, initial investigations indicate HHO proffers cytoprotective qualities,...

A 17-month-old infant with multiple aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) and pulmonary hypertension presented for diagnostic catheterization. On the day of the procedure, the infant was asymptomatic with oxygen saturation in the 90’s on 1.0 L/min O2 nasal cannula. His parents denied any recent illness. During the procedure, one coil was inadvertently embolized into the right lung result...

Respiratory disease is a with fairly wide incidence and can affect anyone. One of the therapies for respiratory diseases inhalation therapy. Inhalation therapy as one management children system disorders often causes distress. Distress during reduce effectiveness treatment. Interventions to increase children's fear inhaling that be done by nurses are apply audiovisual distraction. The purpose p...

We describe the combined use of inhaled nitric oxide and heliox (79% helium and 21% oxygen) as a rescue therapy for a critically ill infant with localized interstitial pulmonary emphysema and pulmonary hypertension. Conventional interventions were ineffective, not feasible, or unlikely to take effect in time, during this infant's acute critical illness. We added heliox based on its known pulmon...