HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGERS IN ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION
Open Access
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 59 (9) , 1181-1188
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/59.9.1181
Abstract
The effect of gas leakage around an uncuffed tracheal tube on the performance of Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME) was examined experimentally. Such leaks were shown to cause measurable decreases in the humidity output and efficiency of HME. The magnitude of the decrease in humidity output was shown to be dependent upon the proportion of expired volume which was leaked, and on the inspired volume. Other factors are discussed.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Humidity and the Anesthetized PatientAnesthesiology, 1979
- PROLONGED ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION IN INFANTS AND CHILDRENBritish Journal of Anaesthesia, 1965