Clinical Studies

Nebulizer hood compared to mask in wheezy infants: Aerosol therapy without tears! (2003)
For wheezy infants, the nebulizer hood provides better and easier aerosol therapy than does a face mask. Clinical evidence indicates that it provides a better therapeutic index than the mask. It is significantly better tolerated by infants and preferred by parents. Hood nebulization is a simple and patient friendly mode of aerosol therapy in infants. This is a deposition and clinical comparative study.

Aerosol Delivery in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Bronchiolitis: Hood or Face Mask? (2005)
According to parents, the tolerability of the hood is significantly better than that of a mask. 80% of parents favored the hood over the mask. Significantly more infants cried and / or fussed while being treated with the mask than with the hood.

Hood versus mask nebulization in infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia in neonatal intensive care unit (2006)
When comparing the hood and mask, the difference between Infants discomfort was significantly lower for hood; nurse-time required for administering the hood nebulization was much shorter than the time for mask nebulization; the immediate respiratory assessment was significantly greater for the hood and parents unequivocally preferred the hood treatment.

Jet Nebulizers versus pressurized Metred dose inhalers with valved holding chambers: Effects of the face mask on aerosol delivery (2007)
The combination of an aerosol generator and facemask with a crying infant reduces the inhaled mass to <1% of the label dose.

Aerosol therapy in infants and toddlers: past, present and future (2008)
A recent review of the subjects, describing the special problems encountered when delivering aerosol medications to infants and suggest various options to overcome these problems.

Numerical investigation of aerosol deposition at the eyes when using a hood inhaler for infants – a 3D simulation (2008)

Aerosol therapy / Aerosol terapia (2004)