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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 15, 610-627, Copyright © 1968 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Fonctions Therapeutiques D'Un Centre D'Inhalotherapie: Aerosoltherapie

PAUL HAMELIN M.D.

Aerosoltherapy is a therapeutic procedure which is used to introduce in the patient's airway a fog of micro-particules either solid or liquid. This method is believed to be valuable in treating a number of lung diseases, particularly those produced or enhanced by infectious agents, air pollution, anaphylactic agents and pollens, dryness of the air, and the use of tobacco.

This paper has briefly described methods of nebulization, physical properties of aerosols, and the changes aerosols undergo in the patient's airway. A second section has discussed the drugs actually available to be given in aerosoltherapy: broncho-dilator and decongestive agents, humidifying agents (hydratants, deter-gents, liquefiers, or mucolytics), antibiotics, steroids, anti-foams, anti-haemorrhagics, and surfactants.






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