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A homemade modification of a spacer device for delivery of bronchodilator or steroid therapy in patients with tracheostomies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Venice Nakhla
Venice Nakhla*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Miss Venice Nakhla, F.R.C.S., 40, Mount Avenue, Ealing, London W5 2QJ.
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Abstract

Patients who have artificial airways and who concurrently suffer with chronic obstructive airways disease encounter problems when administering inhaled bronchodilator and corticosteroid drugs via the tracheostomy. This is because most of the devices are designed to deliver the metered dose of inhaled drugs via the oropharyngeal route and it is impossible to obtain an airtight seal from the inhaler device mouthpiece to the tracheostomy tube. The author describes a simple, effective and cheap modification of a spacer device designed by a creative patient to facilitate delivery of the aerosol via the tracheostomy tube to overcome this problem.

Keywords

TracheostomyLung diseasesobstructiveBronchodilator agentsOriginal therapyAdrenal cortex hormonesdrug therapy
Type
Short Communications
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 363 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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