In Vitro Assessment of a Breath-synchronized Vibrating Mesh Nebulizer During Non Invasive Ventilation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Using an adult lung bench model of non invasive ventilation, the aim of the study is to compare an experimental system of breath-synchronized vibrating mesh nebulizer to a conventional vibrating mesh nebulizer during non invasive ventilation in terms of inhaled and lost doses.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital St Luc, Brussels
• Collaborators: School of Gestion and Engineering Vaud, Switzerland; Université Catholique de Louvain; University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
• Treatments: Amikacin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not applicable (in vitro study)

Exclusion Criteria:

• hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions to aminoglycosides