Table 3.

Nebulization performance of the five nebulizers with varying IgG concentrations in ISO breathing pattern

IgG conc. (mg/mL)	Nebulizer	Residual volume (%)	Nebulization time (min)	Output rate (mL/min)
1	JN-PARIr	37.7 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.1	0.225 ± 0.00
	JN-PARIb	30.9 ± 0.6	4.4 ± 0.1	0.315 ± 0.01
	SMN-U150	14.1 ± 2.8	5.2 ± 0.7	0.334 ± 0.02
	VMN-SM1	9.5 ± 2.3	6.7 ± 0.1	0.269 ± 0.01
	VMN-SM3	8.7± 2.0	5.2 ± 0.1	0.351 ± 0.01
10	JN-PARIr	35.4 ± 4.1	5.8 ± 0.8	0.223 ± 0.02
	JN-PARIb	35.6 ± 7.0	4.6 ± 0.2	0.282 ± 0.05
	SMN-U150	15.7 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 0.2	0.317 ± 0.01
	VMN-SM1	13.6 ± 3.0	7.1 ± 0.6	0.246 ± 0.02
	VMN-SM3	15.1 ± 2.4	5.4 ± 0.1	0.314 ± 0.01*
20	JN-PARIr	34.6 ± 3.0	6.1 ± 0.9*	0.216 ± 0.02
	JN-PARIb	32.2 ± 1.9	4.9 ± 0.8	0.275 ± 0.02
	SMN-U150	16.2 ± 2.4	5.8 ± 0.8	0.290 ± 0.01
	VMN-SM1	11.6 ± 1.7	7.4 ± 0.2*	0.239 ± 0.00*
	VMN-SM3	13.1 ± 0.7	6.3 ± 0.1*	0.275 ± 0.01*
40	JN-PARIr	28.2 ± 4.0	7.2 ± 0.9*	0.202 ± 0.02
	JN-PARIb	24.6 ± 1.8	5.9 ± 0.7*	0.258 ± 0.02
	SMN-U150	10.4 ± 4.4	6.4 ± 0.7*	0.281 ± 0.03*
	VMN-SM1	19.6 ± 1.6*	8.1 ± 0.9*	0.199 ± 0.01*
	VMN-SM3	13.7 ± 5.8	7.6 ± 0.7*	0.229 ± 0.01*

All data are presented as the mean ± SD values. * p < 0.05 versus 1 mg/mL of IgG