Noninvasive ventilation-NIV plus jet nebulizer

Noninvasive ventilation- NIV plus Mesh nebulizer

VMN (NIVO, Respironics®, Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA) with an MMAD of 3.0 µm was placed in the elbow adapter at the mask. Inhalation was performed using diethilene triamine penta-acetic technetium (99mTc-DTPA) with radioactivity of 25 millicuries (Nobre et al., 2007). Both nebulizers were charged with 2.5 mg of salbutamol and 0.25 mg of ipratropium bromide and normal saline solution to complete a fill volume of 3 mL.

Inhalation was performed using diethilene triamine penta-acetic technetium (99mTc-DTPA) with radioactivity of 25 millicuries (Nobre et al., 2007). Both nebulizers were charged with 2.5 mg of salbutamol and 0.25 mg of ipratropium bromide and normal saline solution to complete a fill volume of 3 mL. The JN (Misty Max, Air Life, Yorba Linda, USA) with a particle MMAD of 5 µm (according to the manufacturer information) was positioned in the circuit using a "T" piece placed between the circuit leak and the mask, and operated with oxygen flow at 8 L/min. VMN (NIVO, Respironics®, Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA) with an MMAD of 3.0 µm was placed in the elbow adapter at the mask.

the same procedure was performed to analysis deposition in the nebulizer, circuits, inspiratory filter, expiratory filter and face mask. Counts representing stomach were obtained from posterior thorax and corrections for decay of technetium were used during extrapulmonary measurements. The analysis of deposition in pulmonary and extrapulmonary compartments was expressed as a percentage from the cumulative count in each compartment representing the total radioaerosol mass.