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Disposable Dosators for Pulmonary Insufflation of Therapeutic Agents to Small Animals
Published on: March 30, 2017
[Errors committed in using dosed aerosols in patients with obstructive lesions]
P Stoicescu1, R Mirion, C Puşcariu
1Clinica de Pneumologie UMF, Bucureşti.
Abstract:
Errors committed in applying dosed aerosols in 100 patients were registered. Some criteria of correct technique being established, it was found out that more than 73% of the patients committed at least one error. The non-synchronization between inspiration and inhaler activation, considered as the most severe error, was met in 52% of cases, 14% of the patients being unable to do it even after repeated training. The importance of a refreshing instruction of patients, concerning the technique and advantages in using the expansion chambers and the conditioning as powders of inhaling drugs, are discussed.
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