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Insufficient Humidification of Respiratory Gases in Patients Who Are Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia at a Paediatric and Adult Intensive Care Unit
- Source :
- Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol 2017 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2017.
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Abstract
- For cooled newborn infants, humidifier settings for normothermic condition provide excessive gas humidity because absolute humidity at saturation is temperature-dependent. To assess humidification of respiratory gases in patients who underwent moderate therapeutic hypothermia at a paediatric/adult intensive care unit, 6 patients were studied over 9 times. Three humidifier settings, 37-default (chamber-outlet, 37°C; Y-piece, 40°C), 33.5-theoretical (chamber-outlet, 33.5°C; Y-piece, 36.5°C), and 33.5-adjusted (optimised setting to achieve saturated vapour at 33.5°C using feedback from a thermohygrometer), were tested. Y-piece gas temperature/humidity and the incidence of high (>40.6 mg/L) and low (
- Subjects :
- Diseases of the respiratory system
RC705-779
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11982241 and 19167245
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Canadian Respiratory Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.373fd40af2e14e9c8c76369b6e2db682
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8349874