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robert321

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The pulmoaide is variable pressure and has a guage so you can see at what volume and pressue the air is being moved. So with a pulmoaide I would be inclined to say as long as the guage is correct and it keeps on keeping on, continue using it. I wouldn't suggest that if there wasn't a way of testing to see if the proper volume was being moved.
Someone should build a device that can both measure pressure and volume that attaches to a neb hose to check these machines. It can easily be done if you have means of building it. Volume of air can be determined using a mass airflow sensor similar to what is on your car (same technology is used in pulmonary function tests, just more precise I would imagine) and pressure guages are quite commonplace.
I wonder if you could use one of those air plugs the hospitals connect with. You know the green ones with the ball that floats, that might be easier all together because that determines both pressure and volume to give you liters per minute. Now this is a project. I wonder if I can get ahold of one of those green oxygen plug things to play with, and how expensive are they?...
 

sweetninis

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My daughter is almost 8 months old I have bought 2 nabulizer machines for her one is of Micelfluss and another is of Automyzer.I give her nabs from 1 and then after 5-10 min I connect it to another one so the machines stay cool and don't get extra burden and get burned.its working fine till now.
 

kevin9877

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I would be carefull about overfilling your nebulizer. The fill volume on a Pari LC plus as stated in the manual is 8ccs. I don't know what the effect of overfilling the neb is but can't imagine it to be good. In studies when patients take these meds,there is a strategy involved in the order of taking them. A bronchodilator first to prevent bronchospasm with the other meds( which can be iritating), probably mucous/airway clearance next (mucomyst/pulmozyme/vest/chest physical therapy), inhaled steriod if ordered and then the Tobi last. The strategy is to remove as much mucous as possible before taking the Tobi to optimize deposition.
Just my 2 cents and should not be misinterpreted/considered medical advice. Just something to consider.
Kevin

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>scanboyd</b></i> I have 3 Pulmo-Aide compressors, one in the office and one in the Tv room and one in the box never opened. The ones that I am useing are over 10 yrs. old, waiting for them to die but they keep runing and runing. My neb. rx take about 3-4 hr. a day, 2hr. am and 2 hrs. pm, really try to get as much mucous up and out. I use 7-9cc hts. 3%, 3 cc xopenex, 1 cc mucomyst, and 5 cc of Tobi when on Tobi month, for a total volume of around 13cc. per neb. rx. plux 5 cc when on Tobi month 18ccc per neb rx twice a day. I use the pari LC plus nebulizer. The Pulmo-Aide is a work horse for me, never any problems, fairly inexpensive, around $100.00 Good luck!!</end quote>
 

Brad

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I tried the little gray Pari Lc Plus. 2 pooped out in 3 months time.
Went back to my Ole Pulmo aide's ... I have had them for years and they are bigger , model 5052b I believe.

Pari vios looks to be a remake of the gray Lc Plus. I used one the other day and it did seem to
have more pressure than the Plus..
 

CyrilCrodius

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I got the Pari Vios too and I ran into the same issue 11 months after using it. The rep told me not to use the blue nebulizers that come with it for Tobramycin, as it's too sticky and requires too much effort from the compressor to nebulize, causing it to break prematurely and that I should use a neb that makes bigger particles.
I went back to my good big OLD Pulmo-Aide. Those things are STURDY, they can go through anything. I've been nebulizing Tobramycin for 12 years with it using Pari LC Plus and other hospital nebs. I'm keeping my Vios for when I'll be going somewhere.
 

CyrilCrodius

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><em>Originally posted by: <strong>scanboyd</strong></em> I have 3 Pulmo-Aide compressors, one in the office and one in the Tv room and one in the box never opened. The ones that I am useing are over 10 yrs. old, waiting for them to die but they keep runing and runing. My neb. rx take about 3-4 hr. a day, 2hr. am and 2 hrs. pm, really try to get as much mucous up and out. I use 7-9cc hts. 3%, 3 cc xopenex, 1 cc mucomyst, and 5 cc of Tobi when on Tobi month, for a total volume of around 13cc. per neb. rx. plux 5 cc when on Tobi month 18ccc per neb rx twice a day. I use the pari LC plus nebulizer. The Pulmo-Aide is a work horse for me, never any problems, fairly inexpensive, around $100.00 Good luck!!</end quote>
Damn! Aren't they awesome! They can't be killed!
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Hardak</b></i> Pulmo-Aide for the win, I've got 2 that are pushing 20 years old and they keep trucking right along.</end quote><img title="Surprised" src="include/wysiwyg/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-surprised.gif" alt="Surprised" border="0" /> 20 years old!
 
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