The Ideal Nebulizer

It may not be possible or even necessary to accommodate all the features of an ideal nebulizer system. Below is a wish list of desirable features. 

Aerosol delivered with a droplet size distribution suitable for pulmonary or tracheobronchial deposition 

Small and portable similar to the more popular pMDIs and DPIs (and ideally no more expensive) 

Finally, perhaps also a means to monitor patient compliance 

In the absence of clinical trials to establish safety and efficacy, assessment of efficiency of nebulizer systems relies largely on in vitro assessment of nebulizer performance. However, a number of factors conspire to confuse under- 

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