Aerosol therapy development and methods of increasing nebulization effectiveness
[ 1 ] Instytut Technologii i Inżynierii Chemicznej, Wydział Technologii Chemicznej, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
2018
chapter in monograph / paper
english
EN In this chapter, the atomization process in medical nebulizers are analyzed on the basis of our own and literature results of the studies. It should be underlined that contemporary respiratory tract diseases belong to one of the most frequent and the fastest developing diseases in the world which people of wide age range fight with. Consequently, aerosol therapy belongs to constantly developing areas, which results in the advent of new and more effective pharmaceuticals as well as modern medical devices used in atomization of drugs. It is important to mention that the effectiveness of drug delivery to a patient’s respiratory tract depends on the knowledge and keeping the necessary rules of using inhaling methods under various conditions. The attempts presented in the article and regarding nebulization effectiveness increase showed a visible decrease of drop size of the generated aerosol while drop size histograms became more homogenous. Taking into consideration literature reports regarding inhalation therapy, you can come to the conclusion that nebulization of drugs constitutes an effective method in drug delivery to the respiratory system and can be widely implemented in medicine.
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