A newly developed tool for intra-tracheal temperature and humidity assessment in laryngectomized individuals: The Airway Climate Explorer (ACE)

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 737-745

  Zuur, J K ^a   Muller, S H ^a   de Jongh, F H C ^b   van der Horst, M J ^b   Shehata, M ^b   van Leeuwen, J ^b   Sinaasappel, M ^a   Hilgers, F J M ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airway climate; Gas sampling probe; Heat and moisture exchanger; Humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

AIRWAY CLIMATE EXPLORER; POSTLARYNGECTOMY; TWO-FLOW SYSTEM;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATHETER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARYNGECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LARYNGECTOMY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRACHEA;

EID: 34547622856     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0217-7     Document Type: Article

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