Abstract
Aerosol therapy continues to be considered as one of the cornerstones of the profession of respiratory care, even after 60 years. Aerosol therapy serves as a critical intervention for both exacerbations and chronic maintenance for a variety of respiratory care conditions. Aerosol therapy uniquely blends both the art and science of medicine together to produce the practical and necessary clinical outcomes for patients with respiratory diseases. This review was presented as part of the New Horizons Symposium on how to guide the scientific selection of an appropriate aerosol device.
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Timothy R Myers MBA RRT-NPS FAARC, American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving TX 75063. E-mail: myers{at}aarc.org.
Mr Myers presented a version of this paper at the 28th New Horizons in Respiratory Care Symposium, “The Scientific Basis for Respiratory Care,” at the AARC Congress 2012, held November 10–13, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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