The State of Nebulizer Therapy in Russian Federation

Overview

It is known that the inhalation (nebulizer) use of drugs is of great importance in the intensive care of patients with acute and chronic respiratory failure of various origins. Searching PubMed data for the last 5 years (2017-2022) for the keywords "nebulizer therapy" revealed 533 publications, and "mesh nebulizer therapy" - only 25 sources. During the same period, the national database (E-Library) has 75 publications for the keywords "nebulizer therapy", and 4 sources for "mesh nebulizer therapy". It should be noted that almost all publications are devoted to the use of nebulizers for specific diseases and pathological syndromes. There are no works evaluating the adherence of specialists, systemic indications and actually used methods. The aim of trial is to study the current state of the use of nebulizer therapy in medical organizations and identify ways to improve its effectiveness This study is planned to be carried out using a questionnaire using a database based on the Internet electronic survey form.

We intend to involve at least 3 medical organizations in the subjects of the Russian Federation with a population of up to 1 million people; at least 5 medical organizations in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with a population level of 1 to 3 million people, at least 7 organizations with a population level of more than 3 million people. In cities of the Russian Federation with a population of 1 million people or more - at least 5 medical organizations, and in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg - at least 10 medical organizations.

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