Nebulizers
A small volume nebulizer consists of a compressor attaching to the nebulizer medication cup with medical tubing. Your nebulizer medication cup will be fitted with a mouthpiece or mask. The compressor will blows air through the tubing changing the medication into mist form that the you can breath into your lungs.
Small-volume, hand-held, portable, battery-operated ultrasonic nebulizers are also available.
Common diagnoses:
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
-- Emphysema
-- Asthma
-- Chronic Bronchitis - Cystic Fibrosis
- Lung Cancer
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acute Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Viral Pneumonia
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Pneumococcal Pneumonia
