Optimum use of a spacer device.
Open Access
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 69 (6) , 693-694
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.69.6.693
Abstract
Nedocromil sodium given by the Fisonair spacer should be inhaled immediately. Multiple actuations into the spacer should be avoided. Delay of 20 seconds before sampling reduced the amount of drug available for inhalation in the respirable range by 81%. Placing two actuations into the spacer reduced the amount of drug available by 47%.Keywords
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