[Nebuliser therapy].
We use the nebuliser therapy to achieve rapid improvement in patients with acute airway limitation. Besides, this drug is effective in asthmatic children, in elderly patients and in patients with end-stage disease who need palliative care. Nowadays nebuliser therapy is used not only for bronchodilatation but also for antibiotic and expectoration treatment. Although nebuliser therapy provides a rapid and effective treatment in airway limitation, the patients who receive home nebuliser therapy may suffer from severe and incurable infections if the hygienic conditions are not achieved. Therefore, the indications of nebuliser therapy should be precisely determined and special care should be given in the choice of the patients who will receive nebuliser therapy.
Demir
Gizem
G
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Ankara, Turkey. gfdemir@yahoo.com
Saryal
Sevgi
S
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy*
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents