2021 congress call for abstracts 23 nov 2020 isam congress 2021 is scheduled for may 22 26 2021 in boise idaho usa we are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract for review abstracts of the international society for aerosols in medicine congresses are indexed within the journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug deliv. Aerosol therapy delivers small amounts of medicine into the lungs these medications are often used to relax the muscles in the airway to make breathing easier decrease wheezing or they are used to fight infections beside above what is aerosol used for. Aerosols in medicine principles diagnosis and therapy second revised edition edited by f moren mb dolovich mt newhouse sp newman 1993 elsev1er amsterdam london new york tokyo contents preface v list of contributors vii chapter 1 upper airway structure function and therapy by niels mygind 1 1 introduction 1 2 anatomy of the nose 1 21 surface epithelium 2 22 blood . Physical and chemical substances used as medical aerosols include drugs that act as bronchodilators and decongestants such as epinephrine ephedrine isoproterenol atropine and the steroids wetting agents administered as aerosols to render the bronchial secretions more liquid include tyloxapol and acetylcysteine