Temperature Variations in Disposable Heat and Moisture Exchangers
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 24 (3) , 237-240
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1980.tb01542.x
Abstract
Temperature variations in different parts of 3 heat and moisture exchangers (HME) were measured during spontaneous [human] breathing. Temperatures below ambient occurred in the distal part of 2 of them. Lowest temperatures were more than 6.degree. C below room temperature. This effect can explain why gas expired through a good HME is not saturated with water at ambient temperature.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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