Bedside evaluation of efficient airway humidification during mechanical ventilation of the critically ill

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1646-1652

  Ricard, Jean Damien ^a,b   Markowicz, Philippe ^a,b   Djedaini, Kamel ^a,b   Mier, Laurence ^a,b   Coste, François ^a,b   Dreyfuss, Didier ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Airway humidification; Endotracheal tube; Heat and moisture exchangers; Mechanical ventilation; Psychrometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MOISTURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033040999     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1646     Document Type: Article

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