Factors affecting the efficiency of aerosol therapy with pressurised metered-dose inhalers through plastic spacers

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 14-18

  Chuffart, A A ^a   Sennhauser, F H ^a   Wildhaber, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerosol therapy; CFC; Electrostatic charge; HFA; Holding chambers; Salbutamol; Spacers

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; PLACEBO; PLASTIC; SALBUTAMOL; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035102641     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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