Double-heater-wire circuits and heat-and-moisture exchangers and the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 687-693

  Boots, Robert J ^a,b   George, Narelle ^a   Faoagali, Joan L ^a   Druery, John ^a   Dean, Kevin ^a   Heller, Richard F ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Burns   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Heat and moisture exchanger; Humidification; Randomized trial; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FILTER; FUNGUS; GAS FLOW; HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER; HEATED WATER BATH HUMIDIFIER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WETTABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEATING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644604269     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000201887.51076.31     Document Type: Article

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