… be required to heat and humidify dry inspired gases [8, 9] loss … respiratory water loss. The
mean rectal temperature of neonates fell by 1.4 C during the first hour of ventilation with dry gas …

… There are two common uses of humidity or mist in respiratory therapy. First is the humidification
of inspired air that has bypassed the normal humidifying mechanism of the nose and …

… humidify and heating the inhaled gas. In addition, the administration of cold and dry medical
gases … For this reason, a device for gas conditioning is needed, even in short-term treatments…

… humidified by the water given up from the mucous layers or mucous membranes of the upper
airways. During oxygen therapy … of the airways to humidify the inspired gas. The burden on …

… Among patients and health cares providers (physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists)
the most common anecdotal benefit of HFNC compared with devices allowing equivalent …

… This study investigates if long-term humidification therapy with high flow fully humidified air
at 37 C through nasal cannulae can improve these clinical outcomes in this group of patients. …

… state contained in a gas. Under-humidification of inhaled medical gas mixtures may have
adverse … Standards on minimum levels of humidity differ with respect to the applied respiratory …

… To overcome this there are a variety of humidification devices, … humidifies dry oxygen making
it more comfortable for the patient to breathe and preventing dehydration of the respiratory …

… during respiratory failure [7]. This means that the proportion of humidified inspired gas with
… below 10%), thus questioning the clinical benefit of humidifying <10% of the inspiratory flow. …

… is appropriate for conditioning respiratory gases (ie, it effectively humidifies the inspiratory
air… CoatedHMEs have a much better humidification efficiency; however, here too, the existence …