Routine use of humidification with nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 650-656

  Worsnop, C J ^a   Miseski, S ^a   Rochford, P D ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

continuous positive airway pressure; humidification; sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY NOSE; FEMALE; HEATED HUMIDIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNEEZING; STUFFY NOSE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956864584     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01969.x     Document Type: Article

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