Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 1999
Comparative StudyDetermination of airway humidification in high-frequency oscillatory ventilation using an artificial neonatal lung model. Comparison of a heated humidifier and a heat and moisture exchanger.
Thus far only few data are available on airway humidification during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). Therefore, we studied the performance and efficiency of a heated humidifier (HH) and a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) in HFOV using an artificial lung model. ⋯ In general, HH and HME are suitable devices for airway humidification in HFOV. The performance of the ventilator was not significantly influenced by the mode of humidification. However, the adequacy of humidification and safety of the HME remains to be demonstrated in clinical practice.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 1999
Editorial Comment ReviewImproved outcome of ARDS patients: are we really performing better?
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 1999
Comparative StudyLactate measurements in critically ill patients with a hand-held analyser.
To compare a recently introduced hand-held lactate analyser to a reference point of care analyser (POCI) and the hospital laboratory in a critical care setting. ⋯ The hand-held lactate analyser can reliably measure arterial blood lactate levels in critically ill patients.