In-line suction catheters may impede aerosol delivery to patients receiving mechanical ventilation

Chest. 2000 Sep;118(3):884-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.118.3.884-a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Aerosols / administration & dosage
  • Bronchodilator Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation*
  • Drug Delivery Systems / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Nebulizers and Vaporizers
  • Respiration, Artificial*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Suction / instrumentation

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Bronchodilator Agents