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Infants have low tidal volume, vital capacity, and functional residual capacity, and short respiratory cycles, which result in very low pulmonary deposition of aerosol particles (<1% of the nominal dose) compared to adults. Several factors affect aerosol delivery and lung deposition in infants, including their breathing patterns and lung anatomy. While deposition is low, infants nevertheless receive considerably more aerosolized drug per kilogram of body weight than adults. Awareness of the variables that i

Author

Tavo Aravena Torres

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EN