Abstract
Evaporative water losses from jet nebulizers produce temperature drop, reduction in total nebulizer output with increased nebulization time, and increasing concentration of solute remaining in the nebulizer. These were documented and quantitated for the Wright nebulizer which is used for one histamine/methacholine inhalation test method. Indirect determination of nebulizer aerosol output, made by estimation of total sodium lost from the nebulizer, was about 25 percent of total output as determined by weight change. A similar tendency was seen for a De Vilbiss 40 nebulizer for both reduction in total nebulizer output with increasing duration of nebulization, and increased solute concentration remaining in the nebulizer. These data must be taken into account when standardizing inhalation provocation tests. Nebulizers should be calibrated under the same conditions that they are used during the test. Histamine and methacholine solutions should be discarded after a single use in the 2-min tidal breathing Wright nebulizer method.
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