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Mask humidity during CPAP: influence of ambient temperature, heated humidification and heated tubing

PURPOSE: Mucosal drying during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is problematic for many patients. This study assessed the influence of ambient relative humidity (rH) and air temperature (T) in winter and summer on mask humidity during CPAP, with and without mask leak, and with or w...

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Autores principales: Nilius, Georg, Domanski, Ulrike, Schroeder, Maik, Woehrle, Holger, Graml, Andrea, Franke, Karl-Josef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29750062
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S158856

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