Nebulizer machine

Drug delivery device

In medicine, a nebulizer (American English)^[1] or nebuliser (British English)^[2] is a drug delivery device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs.

Nebulizers are commonly used for the treatment of asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD and other respiratory diseases or disorders. They use oxygen, compressed air or ultrasonic power to break up solutions and suspensions into small aerosol droplets that are inhaled from the mouthpiece of the device.

An aerosol is a mixture of gas and solid or liquid particles.

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Various asthma guidelines, such as the Global Initiative for Asthma Guidelines [GINA], the British Guidelines on the management of Asthma, The Canadian Pediatric Asthma Consensus Guidelines, and United States Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma each recommend metered dose inhalers in place of nebulizer-delivered therapies.^[3] The European Respiratory Society acknowledge that although nebulizers are used in hospitals and at ho

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