title: [Inhalation devices: characteristics, modeling, regulation and use in routine practice. GAT Aerosolstorming, Paris 2011].
abstract: Aerosoltherapy is a first-line treatment for chronic obstructive respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD. Treatment modalities and devices are varied and the choice of the device must be adapted to and optimized for every patient. Spacers can be used for some categories of patients for whom the use of other devices turns out to be complicated. The improvement of these treatments requires the optimization of the lung deposition of inhaled particles; lung modeling plays an essential role in the understanding of the mechanisms of flow in the airways. Regulations must frame prescription of inhaled treatments to optimize its quality and, thus, the care for these chronic diseases. Many generally-accepted ideas concerning these treatments turn out to be false. Inhaled treatments are constantly evolving, both pharmacologically and technologically.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie et réanimation, université Paris Descartes, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferré
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dres
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antignac
authors.forename: M-H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Becquemin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trosini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vecellio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chantrel
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dubus
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents