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Dutch term or phrase:	voorzetkamer
English translation:	holding chamber
Entered by:	Susanne Roelands

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16:47 May 11, 2011

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Medical - Medical (general) / dosisaërosol

Dutch term or phrase: voorzetkamer

Er bestaat algemene consensus dat, indien gekozen voor een dosisaërosol, deze moet worden gebruikt met een voorzetkamer.

Susanne Roelands KudoZ activity Questions: 1944 (1 open) (55 closed without grading) Answers: 408
Local time: 13:51

spacer or holding chamber

Explanation:
To be used with a metered-dose inhaler that helps control delivery of asthma medication.
http://www.aerochambervhc.com/

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Note added at 20 mins (2011-05-11 17:08:37 GMT)
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http://www.tevapharma.nl/aerochamber.htm (Dutch)

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Note added at 23 mins (2011-05-11 17:11:22 GMT)
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http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalatie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaler

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Local time: 13:51

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spacer or holding chamber

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All holding chambers are spacers, but spacers are never holding chambers.

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spacer or holding chamber

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Reference: All holding chambers are spacers, but spacers are never holding chambers.

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All holding chambers are spacers, but spacers are never holding chambers. It’s a distinction that may be overlooked even by those people who’ve used the devices!

Both spacers and VHCs extend the mouthpiece of the inhaler and direct the cloud of medication toward the mouth, reducing the amount of medication released into the air. However, a valved holding chamber directs, traps, and suspends particles of medication long enough to be inhaled over a period of a few seconds, while a spacer is simply directional.

http://www.aanma.org/2009/03/holding-chambers-and-spacers/

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