Drug nebulization during mechanical ventilation

TY - CHAP

T1 - Drug nebulization during mechanical ventilation

AU - Dahlem, Peter

AU - Greenough, Anne

AU - Joffe, Ari

AU - Milner, Anthony

AU - Salyer, John

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - Humans have been using the inhalational route for administering medication, both therapeutic and recreational for many centuries (Anderson 2005). The term inhaler was first used in the English literature in the eighteenth century (Sanders 2007; Rubin 2010). A great deal of creativity has gone into the naming of inhaler devices, some of which have deservedly been cast onto the ash heap of history including the volatilizer, varoma, vapo-haler, spirit burner, vapo-cresoline, pillow inhaler, atomizer, inspirator, pipe medicator, pulverisateur, and the ammoniaphone. At one time, various forms of inhaled tobacco smoke were thought to be therapeutic. In 1571, a Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes wrote a history of medicinal plants of the new world, in which he claimed that tobacco could cure 36 health problems. Cigarettes were developed for the treatment of asthma that were made of an anticholinergic substance and were available for purchase up until the 1970s (Elliott and Reid 1980). This chapter will focus on the administration of medications via inhalation during mechanical ventilation of infants and children.

AB - Humans have been using the inhalational route for administering medication, both therapeutic and recreational for many centuries (Anderson 2005). The term inhaler was first used in the English literature in the eighteenth century (Sanders 2007; Rubin 2010). A great deal of creativity has gone into the naming of inhaler devices, some of which have deservedly been cast onto the ash heap of history including the volatilizer, varoma, vapo-haler, spirit burner, vapo-cresoline, pillow inhaler, atomizer, inspirator, pipe medicator, pulverisateur, and the ammoniaphone. At one time, various forms of inhaled tobacco smoke were thought to be therapeutic. In 1571, a Spanish doctor named Nicolas Monardes wrote a history of medicinal plants of the new world, in which he claimed that tobacco could cure 36 health problems. Cigarettes were developed for the treatment of asthma that were made of an anticholinergic substance and were available for purchase up until the 1970s (Elliott and Reid 1980). This chapter will focus on the administration of medications via inhalation during mechanical ventilation of infants and children.

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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-01219-8_30

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-01219-8_30

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84944534361

SN - 9783642012198

SN - 9783642012181

SP - 837

EP - 861

BT - Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation: From Basics to Clinical Practice

PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg

ER -