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Equipment review: Mechanical effects of heat-moisture exchangers in ventilated patients
Although they represent a valuable alternative to heated humidifiers, artificial noses have unfavourable mechanical effects. Most important of these is the increase in dead space, with consequent increase in the ventilation requirement. Also, artificial noses increase the inspiratory and expiratory...
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BioMed Central
1999
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11094485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc361 |