Evaluation of nebulisers for bronchial challenge tests.
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The reproducibility of the output of seven different nebulisers was tested. Nebulisers with a minimal increase in output at higher flow rates had less variability in the output. The selection of a nebuliser for bronchial provocation tests depends on the intranebuliser variability. Two nebulisers had highly reproducible outputs.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 62 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987