The physician has ordered your patient to receive continuous administration of heliox with racemic epinephrine secondary to postextubation stridor.As you approach the bedside to deliver the ordered dose of racemic epinephrine via small volume nebulizer,what outcome should you expect with a gas flow of 10 L/min of heliox?

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At a given flow rate,nebulization time using heliox is approximately twice that of oxygen.Although the nebulization times are doubled,heliox provides a decrease in particle size.Research has shown a twofold increase in nebulization time when using heliox versus oxygen.

The Physician Has Ordered Your Patient to Receive Continuous Administration