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Filter by:Many devices are available for nebulising drug solution during invasive mechanical ventilation. Vibrating-mesh nebulizers ensure the highest lung deposition output. A recent international survey on aerosol therapy during mechanical ventilation (Ehrmann et al. 2013) reported that jet nebulizers remained the mostly used. The aim of this study is to compare lung deposition of a radiolabeled administered with both nebulizers during invasive mechanical ventilation by planar scintigraphy.
Controlling the respiratory pattern of mechanically ventilated patients in volume control mode is recommended during nebulization. No studies looked into conditions of nebulization during assisted mechanical ventilation to define the optimal nebulization technique and its effect on pulmonary deposition. The aim of this study is to analyse the effect of ventilation mode (barometric versus volumetric) on deposition by planar scintigraphy during mechanical ventilation.