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Effect of heat and moisture exchanger (HME) positioning on inspiratory gas humidification

BACKGROUND: In mechanically ventilated patients, we investigated how positioning the heat and moisture exchanger (HME) at different places on the ventilator circuit affected inspiratory gas humidification. METHODS: Absolute humidity (AH) and temperature (TEMP) at the proximal end of endotracheal tub...

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Autores principales: Inui, Daisuke, Oto, Jun, Nishimura, Masaji
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1562445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16895607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-6-19