Aerosolize This!
An inhaled medication that dilates smooth muscle of the airways to open airways that have become constricted.
What is a bronchodilator?
A suspension of solid or liquid particles in a gas.
What is an aerosol?
The most commonly prescribed method of aerosol delivery in the US.
What is pMDI?
This type of nebulizer uses a baffle to create an aerosol.
What is a small volume nebulizer?
What are pMDIs?
Aerosolized medications that treat inflammation in the airways.
What are inhaled corticosteroids?
The mass of drug leaving the mouthpiece of a nebulizer or inhaler as aerosol.
What is the emitted dose?
Generate aerosols from solutions & suspensions.
What are nebulizers?
A benefit of this type of nebulizer is a decreased residual volume.
What is a vibrating mesh nebulizer?
Shaking and actuating a device into the atmosphere 1-4 times prior to initial use and after storage exceeding two days.
What is priming?
What are mucus-controlled agents?
Particles ranging in size from 1-3 mcm.
What size aerosol particles reach the alveolar region of the lungs?
Type of nebulizer that has decreased residual volume and can be used to deliver standard treatment doses or continuous nebulization.
What are vibrating mesh nebulizers (VMNs)?
The medication that remains in a small volume nebulizer (SVN) after the device has quit generating aerosol.
What is residual drug volume?
MDIs with incorporated trigger that is activated during inhalation.
What are breath-actuated pMDIs?
The primary deposition mechanism for particles > 5 mcm.
What is inertial impact?
Breath-actuated inhalers for which patients create the aerosol by drawing air through a dose of finely milled drug powder.
What are DPIs?
Type of nebulizer that produces a greater percentage of standard unit doses as aerosol.
What is a vibrating mesh nebulizer?
Aerosol delivery devices been shown to be as effective as nebulizers when used properly.
What are pMDIs?
A nebulized form of albuterol and Atrovent.
What is DuoNeb?
The primary mechanism for deposition of particles ranging in size from 1-5 mcm.
What is sedimentation?
Extension devices used with pMDIs that incorporate valves to prevent aerosol in the chamber from being cleared on exhalation.
What are valved holding chambers?
A small volume nebulizer that has the ability to only generate aerosol while a patient is inhaling, resulting in less wasted medication.
What is a breath-actuated nebulizer (BAN)?
A protocol adopted by some hospitals to use the same pMDI canister and boot for multiple patients. Each patient has their own VHC.
What is common canister protocol?