Metered dose inhalers versus nebulizers for aerosol bronchodilator delivery for adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation in critical care units.(Protocol)

Holland, Agi; Smith, Fiona C; Veitch, Linda; McCrossan, Gill; Nicolson, Caroline; Bonellie, Sandra

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:
To compare nebulizers toMDIs for bronchodilator delivery for invasively ventilated critically ill adult patients in terms of physiological
response and patient outcomes. Subgroup analyses are planned according to other ventilation and bronchodilation strategies, ventilator
settings and administration variables.

Citation

Holland, A., Smith, F. C., Veitch, L., McCrossan, G., Nicolson, C., & Bonellie, S. (2010). Metered dose inhalers versus nebulizers for aerosol bronchodilator delivery for adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation in critical care units.(Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008863

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2010
• Deposit Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-493X
• Publisher: Cochrane Collaboration
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008863
• Keywords: Acute respiratory failure; ventilatory support; inhaled bronchodilators; nebulizer; metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5952
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008863