Table 3. Aerodynamic characteristics of the emitted dose of salbutamol from pMDI with an attached Aerochamber Plus at flow rate of 28.3L/m .
Run No. | Amount left in spacer (% of the label dose) |
Delivered amount (% of the label dose) |
Fine particle dose (µg) |
Fine particle fraction (% of the label dose) |
MMAD (µm) | GSD |
Run 1 | 34% | 69% | 57 | 82 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
Run 2 | 27% | 76% | 67 | 88 | 2.8 | 1.5 |
Run 3 | 30% | 80% | 68 | 85 | 2.9 | 1.5 |
Mean | 30% | 75% | 64 | 85 | 2.77 | 1.57 |