The effect of breathing frequency on deposition of drug aerosol using an inhalation-synchronized dosimeter in healthy adults

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Hakkinen A M ^a   Uusi Heikkila H ^b   Jarvinen M ^b   Saali, K ^b   Karhumaki L ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nebulizer; Radioaerosol; Radionuclide imaging; Ventilation distribution

Indexed keywords

PENTETIC ACID; SALBUTAMOL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AEROSOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TONGUE;

EID: 0033036996     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1999.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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