Humidification during mechanical ventilation.
- Author:
Xiao-juan CHEN
1
;
Men-zhao WANG
;
Kai-feng XU
Author Information
1. Department of Respiratory Disease, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China. chenxiaojuan17@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Equipment Design;
Humans;
Humidity;
Intensive Care Units;
Intubation, Intratracheal;
adverse effects;
Respiration, Artificial;
adverse effects;
instrumentation
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2004;26(3):335-337
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This review aims to emphasize the importance of humidification and to identify humidification method the most effective in the intubated or ventilated patients. Some details are also discussed on how to perform humidification.
