摘要:
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for producing and delivering vapour medicament. An exemplary apparatus disclosed comprises: a gas inlet for receiving a gas from a source of pressurized gas; a chamber for receiving a liquid medicament therein, the chamber being in communication with the gas inlet for permitting entrance and expansion of the gas in the chamber in the presence of the liquid medicament to produce the vapour medicament; and a vapour outlet in communication with the chamber for delivering the vapour medicament.
摘要:
The use of cholesterol-sequestering agents, such as methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, for the treatment of pulmonary surfactant dysfunction is disclosed. It was discovered that oxidative damage to pulmonary surfactant arises due to the interaction between reactive oxygen species and cholesterol. Thus, by removing cholesterol from pulmonary7 surfactant through the addition of a cholesterol-sequestering agent, oxidative damage to the surfactant is mitigated. It was also shown that methyl-beta-cyclodextrin can restore normal function to dysfunctional surfactant removed from the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis bronchiolitis.
摘要:
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for producing and delivering vapour medicament. An exemplary apparatus disclosed comprises: a gas inlet for receiving a gas from a source of pressurized gas; a chamber for receiving a liquid medicament therein, the chamber being in communication with the gas inlet for permitting entrance and expansion of the gas in the chamber in the presence of the liquid medicament to produce the vapour medicament; and a vapour outlet in communication with the chamber for delivering the vapour medicament.
摘要:
The use of cholesterol-sequestering agents, such as methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, for the treatment of pulmonary surfactant dysfunction is disclosed. It was discovered that oxidative damage to pulmonary surfactant arises due to the interaction between reactive oxygen species and cholesterol. Thus, by removing cholesterol from pulmonary7 surfactant through the addition of a cholesterol-sequestering agent, oxidative damage to the surfactant is mitigated. It was also shown that methyl-beta-cyclodextrin can restore normal function to dysfunctional surfactant removed from the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis bronchiolitis.