Exhaled air and aerosolized droplet dispersion during application of a jet nebulizer

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 648-654

  Hui, David S ^a,c   Chow, Benny K ^a   Chu, Leo C Y ^a   Ng, Susanna S ^a   Hall, Stephen D ^b   Gin, Tony ^a   Chan, Matthew T V ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Exhaled air; Influenza; Jet nebulizer; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLIZED DROPLET; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRED AIR; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JET NEBULIZER; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG INJURY; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE;

EID: 62149145742     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1998     Document Type: Article

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