Changing heat and moisture exchangers after 96 hours rather than after 24 hours: A clinical and microbiological evaluation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 714-720

  Thomachot, Laurent ^a   Boisson, Christophe ^a   Arnaud, Sophie ^a   Michelet, Pierre ^a   Cambon, Sylvie ^a   Martin, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Heat and moisture exchanger; Humidification of inspired gases; Mechanical ventilation; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0034022538     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200003000-00019     Document Type: Article

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