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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

In Silico Optimization of Fiber-Shaped Aerosols in Inhalation Therapy for Augmented Targeting and Deposition across the Respiratory Tract.

Lihi Shachar-Berman, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Yan Ostrovski, Prashant Das, Pantelis Koullapis, Stavros Kassinos, Josué Sznitman

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Dry powder inhaler design and particle technology in enhancing Pulmonary drug deposition: challenges and future strategies.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2024
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  6. Human Multi-CompartmentFrontiers in physiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lihi Shachar-BermanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Saurabh BhardwajDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Yan OstrovskiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Prashant DasDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.
Pantelis KoullapisComputational Sciences Laboratory (UCY-CompSci), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus.
Stavros KassinosComputational Sciences Laboratory (UCY-CompSci), Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus.
Josué SznitmanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILUniversity of Cyprus · CYUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

European Research Council 677772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motivated by a desire to uncover new opportunities for designing the size and shape of fiber-shaped aerosols towards improved pulmonary drug delivery deposition outcomes, we explore the transport and deposition characteristics of fibers under physiologically inspired inhalation conditions in silico, mimicking a dry powder inhaler (DPI) maneuver in adult lung models. Here, using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, we resolve the transient translational and rotational motion of inhaled micron-sized ellipsoid particles under the influence of aerodynamic (i.e., drag, lift) and gravitational forces in a respiratory tract model spanning the first seven bifurcating generations (i.e., from the mouth to upper airways), coupled to a more distal airway model representing nine generations of the mid-bronchial tree. Aerosol deposition efficiencies are quantified as a function of the equivalent diameter (

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aerosolscomputational fluid dynamicsfibersinhalation therapyin silico simulationsrespiratory tract

Identifiers

PMID32151016
PMCPMC7150950
OpenAlexW3009926646

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