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Inhalation therapy devices for the treatment of obstructive lung diseases: the history of inhalers towards the ideal inhaler.
2020
Inhalation therapy allows conveying drugs directly into the airways. The devices used to administer inhaled drugs play a crucial role in the management of obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To ensure high bronchial deposition of the drug, a device should deliver a high proportion of fine particles, be easy to use, and provide constant and accurate doses of the active substance. Nowadays, four different types of inhalers are widely used: nebulizers, dry powder inhalers (DPIs), pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs), and soft mist inhalers (SMIs). Nebulizers can be used by patients unable to use other inhalers. However, they require l…
An enigmatic portrait of Leonora Cybo at Palazzo Falson
2013
An unpublished portrait of the Tuscan noblewoman Leonora Cybo is kept today at Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum in Mdina (Malta).
Scheda XXIX San Francesco da Paola
2019
The small painting depicting Saint Francis from Paola, kept at the museum of the cathedral of Mdina, it is only recently returned to the catalogue of the "Calabrian Knight" Mattia Preti