Efficacy of heat and moisture exchangers after changing every 48 hours rather than 24 hours

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 477-481

  Thomachot, Laurent ^a   Vialet, Renaud ^a   Viguier, Jean Michel ^a   Sidier, Benjamin ^a   Roulier, Philippe ^a   Martin, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute humidity; Heat and moisture exchanger; Heated humidifier system; Humidification of inspired gases; Mechanical ventilation; Nebulizer; Relative humidity; Tracheal intubation; Vaporizer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; MALE; NEBULIZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031936853     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199803000-00018     Document Type: Article

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